Thursday 29th December 2016

Nick Butler, John Cooper, Pete Hann, Mike Kousiounis, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Afternoon session with Pete building wall above Pit. Jude filling, John on ledge, Mike hauling, Nick in Pit and Adrian at top hauling 42 loads were brought up Four-Tonne Shaft. Nick had a quick look at the bottom before we came out. 2½ hours. John.

John Cooper, Mike Kushy, Nick Butler, Pete Hann , Jude & Myself. An afternoon session taking two bags of sand down to start building some more stacking space. Pete was wall building, I was hauling at the top, Jude & John were in their usual positions. Mike was at the top of the shaft and Nick was in the pit. 42 buckets hauled, with a lot more spoil still down there. Adrian.

Monday 19th December 2016

James Collings, John Cooper, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. John loading at the bottom, James and Jude hauling with Adrian stacking at the bottom of Four-Tonne Shaft. Too constricted at bottom for effective working. Adrian took smoke down at end of session - coming out of narrow rift from downwards direction. 2 hours. John.

John Cooper, James Collings, Jude & Myself. With a limited digging crew again we continued to dig down at the bottom. With John at the bottom we managed about 20 buckets hauled up. Adrian.