11/4/00

Eddie S, Ryan T, Jeremy K and Terry D went caving.  Lisa T and her daughter,

Ron L, Carl W, Bill C, Kathy S and I worked the surface. 

The trip and radio work went like clockwork.  We located four points as follows. 

Convention Hall Turn

Distance to transmitter:  123 feet

270 feet to fence

8 feet NW of prior radio point

Formation room

Distance to transmitter: 118 feet

Distance to drill: 88 feet

Chris's side of the fence

Tom's dome room 

Distance to transmitter: 92 feet

Distance to drill: 77 feet

Fredrick's side of the fence

T-Junction

Distance to transmitter: 126 feet

Distance to drill: 120 feet

I will contact Chris Danuser (when he returns form vacation) tomorrow.  I

will ask for permission to drill a 9-inch hole at the T-Junction as soon as

possible.  Before drilling a larger hole we will need to change the lease to

reflect the new location. 

Rick

11/10/00  --  Pilot Hole Completed

A 9” pilot hole has been drilled into Carroll Cave at the T-Junction.  We hit
air at 12:30 PM, 11/10/00 at 118.5 feet below the surface.  The drill dropped
through a 10-foot void (Carroll Cave) and was then pushed through about 4
feet of loose rock (breakdown) before pulling out after a maximum depth of
132 feet.

Gary Sisk, a driller from Odessa Mo, will open the 9” hole to 36” in
diameter at his cost that he guarantees will be $20,000 or less. 

 Rick Hines