KIWI SINK Dig report--9 June 2013--The purpose of the dig continues to be
removing floor material in order to access the breakdown blocks nested in
the bottom of the sinkhole and hopefully getting access to horizontal cave
passage. Rains in the past few weeks washed some of the rocks beneath the
waterfall. There are still a few barrels of material left to remove. A
minor rain storm around 9 a.m. managed to raise the humidity a little above
average but the sky stayed cloudy most of the day. Large rocks buried in
the mud have become more numerous making excavation of the floor happen
faster. Only 5 diggers showed up and managed to fill 6 barrels, 2 of which
were left on the bottom of the pit. 5 rocks were hoisted, one being L, one
XL, and three Ms. A half-dozen or so more rocks are partially exposed and
will be ready to hoist with just a little more work. Nearly every rock
removed now exposes voids into the mostly clean breakdown below--exciting
stuff. The next dig will be on 23 June. There's still plenty of work left
to do.
Diggers on site included:
Don Broussard
Gill Ediger
Ernie Garza
David Locklear
John Schneider
Visitors included:
Leah, Jack, & Ruby Gluesenkamp
Jaime Brown
