Figure 28. While stones were being removed, another part of the team began removing the soil using buckets and ropes. The strategy was to remove the thinner layers from the edges where bedrock was higher to isolate the deeper and thicker layer in the middle. This and the following 20 photographs show the soil ‘melt’ away until the final remnant is removed from the deeper center. 20-10-2015
Figure 44. After overnight showers a rain-slicked floor made the work challenging. 9-11-2015.
Figure 19. Stone removal part 3. 19-10-2015
Figure 41. Another way was to dam up the puddles and move the water away sideways. 8-11-2015.
Figure 33. NE corner 2. Full buckets ‘flew’ up rapidly, and mounds of soil accumulated. 1-11-2015.
Figure 14. The last frog standing, 21-10-2015.
Figure 29. Soil removal – bucket by bucket, after the first rain, 26-10-2014
Figure 17. Sediment basin 2, stone removal, part 1. 19-10-2015