Finally, between rain squalls I did get a decent days work done today on the "new" Duck House. Again, this is Part II in a series of How to Build A Outhouse". The engineering and design plans worked out according to plans for the "Erosion Embankment Cofferdam". Constructed 0f 5/8 inch treated plywood and treated 2"x 4"'s with California Corners and bracing. The concept was to build an inner wall that would curtail the erosion of top soil and overburden into the near prefect drainage pit. The inner wall is four inches from the foundation for the pit. The walls are four feet in depth which surpasses the overburden and protects about 30" inches of gravel and sand. The bottom of the Cofferdam is capped to prohibit the debris that is eroding into the pit area. The space between the "Cofferdam" and original dirt walls will be back filled with material dredge from the bottom of the pit.
Currently, we have had approximately three feet of overburden cave off into the neatly dug basin. Weather permitting, Lady Eagle and myself will remove that material tomorrow, now that we have a safe working area and no fear of a "cave in". The concept is to remove the excess material and use it as back fill around the base of the construction. Dependent, on energy level may well try to remove new material and go deeper than the original excavation. There is three reasons for this; (1) Deeper pit, longer life expectancy, (2) Just for my personal knowledge, would like to see the depth of that gravel and sand vein, (3) Explore for additional signs of "gold" to determine if this is Arnie's Vein.
If the excavating is accomplished in a timely fashion, perhaps Part III will commence, I know all of you are all looking forward to "how to build a building foundation", it should be an exciting chapter.
4 comments:
Looking pretty complex for a hole in the ground. More than that - it could be mistaken for a mine...
shhhh! Don't post comments like that, I am trying to keep it a secret, don't want no damm claim jumpers. I am concerned enough that I have been, it is taking one of my double barrell shotguns to work with me and proping it up against a tree within arm's length. This could be Anchor Point's Pebble Creek discovery, it isw looking pretty good, definitely a lot of Pebbles showing which is a very good sign.
Problem... gold is heavier than pebbles, so all the gold has washed to the bottom. Which means beaver and buffalo will have to did to Australia... which, if you didn't know, is on the opposite side of the earth from Alaska... not China.
You know after I know how much work is/has gone into this hole... I may have trouble using it.
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