After the blast - The Eddie R moved us over to P-11 where Paul, Mickey
and Ken were using a template to guide the underwater drilling.
The challenge
is to drill vertical holes into the base of P-11 - which extends out about
5 feet around the visible base. The template is used to align the
drilling sleeve - which will drill down about 4 inches. Then another
drill bit and drive shaft will be inserted into the sleeve for drilling the
deeper hole. Once complete, the inner bit and drive shaft will be removed
and the hold loaded with dynamite and stimming and ignition shock tubes.
The Copco does the drilling with the O'Dell brothers managing the drilling.
Here is a group of sleeves - about 5" in diameter
and the carbide teeth that do the drilling
and the level for varying the orientation of the sleeve into a vertical
position as it passes through the drilling template (see below)
Paul Achorn and the P-11 template
Ken's drawing of the drilling template
Chris Wakeman, Lewis and James
Lewis, Chris and Derrick (of the O'Dell clan)