Well hello again. I am happy to say that we are now getting core out of the ground here at the Blende! It is not coming fast but it is coming nonetheless. We even got the second driller into camp this evening; now we have a full drill crew. We are finding very interesting rocks spinning out of the ground, just what we wanted to see. I have been learning lots about logging core as well as drill programs in general. The work for my master’s is well under way with many samples, photographs and pages of notes being taken. The weather has been in the crapper for a few days now, but it is starting to turn around slowly and soon we should be getting more than eight hours of sun at a time…hopefully.

I have attached two photos of the whirlybirds that we have been using for both the Blende as well as the Recce Crew (Melissa’s crew). The blue one is the Bell 206 Long Ranger and the yellow is a Bell 204 (like the ones they used in Vietnam), it is a sweet machine. The downwash comes off the rotors of the 204 at 75 mph… it blows stuff around pretty good.

I hope everyone is well and having a great summer in their respected places.

micheal.


-Bell 204-


-Bell 206-