KIWI SINK Dig Report--Sunday 7 July 2013--A few of us got there early and started digging before 9 a.m. By 10 o'clock we had 5 barrels filled. We hoisted them and 5 more along with 2 M rocks (piggybacked) after lunch, 10 lifts in all. The mud level of the floor was lowered the better part of 2 feet in places. Most of that material was produced as the purpose of today's dig was primarily to expose and undermine large floor rocks and preparing them for extraction. We continue to extend the lower breakdown--upper wall contact by removing mud and rocks from the present floor level below the flowstone buss. It's possible now to see about 9 meters (slant distance) into a couple of known rooms into which light now readily penetrates--in the daytime, at least. Galen went exploring in the lower rooms today and discovered a couple of digging leads he is excited about. Considering that the past few digs we've only had 5 or 6 diggers on hand (due to understandable progressive conflicts) I was fairly overwhelmed by having 11 able diggers show up and only 3 or 4 places to dig. The problem was solved by sending several people off exploring and others to take lunch. We finished up at 2 p.m. and some of us went to Strickland's for a Sunday swim. The next dig is scheduled in 2 weeks, Sunday 21 July--at **new time** 8 a.m. There will be no digs in August due to heat and principals gone afar. --formatting goes to shit at this point-- Diggers were: Gill Ediger Galen Falgout Ernie Garza Andy Gluesenkamp Lydia Hernandez David Locklear Guin McDaid Kris Peña Will Quast Terry Raines Ellie Watson
Visitors included: Don Broussard James Brown The entire Gluesenkamp Clan Kiwi Total work: 10 barrels 2 rocks M (piggybacked on muck barrels)
