Arrival of specialized drilling rig
Initial vertical drilling
Old pier-style monument
~35ft pipe installation in vertical hole
Precision angle drilling
Tying wire to insular sleeve
Insertion of sleeve with wired wood 'stop'
Hand drilling into rock outcrop
Checking tailings and bit
Another sleeve gets added
Sleeve fully inserted, pipe sections being placed
Checking alignment of monument legs
Yellow hose pumping grout through pipe
Through rain or snow... the grout mixing process continues
Welding up the first monument
Drilling for the second monument begins
First monument after a night's rest
Close-up view before the welds are cleaned up and treated/sprayed
Vertical monument pipe/strut showing insulating sleeve
Angled monument pipe/strut showing insulating sleeve
Sleeve starting to be inserted into second monument angled hole
... just a bit further
Adding section of pipe to piece already inserted into the sleeve...
Weld up of Short-Drilled braced monument (REGINA)
Laser illuminated optical target
Checking for underground wires and pipes before digging cable trenches
Welding threads on top of auxiliary monument
Completed second deep-drilled braced monument (GODS)
Cable trenches
