28 June 2011

Well Pad Reclamation - Day 8

More dry weather and the dirt hauled to the pad area continues to fill in the base of the east slope.



The dry weather turns the clay from a wet sticky mess to a very fine dust which is easily blown by the slightest movement.



Excavator loading a truck with dirt from the south slope.



Dirt from the south slope is dumped on the east side of the pad to build up to the original grade of the hillside. The two domed objects mounted on each side of the blade are GPS receivers and can control the dozer to grade the dirt to the original hillside profile.



A view of the south end of the site where the hillside grade has been restored.



The cellars in the middle of the pad are starting to come out.

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