RE:weather in the basinEarly on the less snow the better the ice conditions. Last year it snowed until is became a hindrance to the drill operations. Paterson lake took it's merry time freezing, snow removal equipment had to be unitized to make ice for drilling. Ice making contractor lost a piece of equipment due to ice condtions last winter although a posting early this year read as if the drill contractor lost a piece of equipment through the ice that was not the case. You have to get at it in order to have good conditions to make ice. Having said all that the info winr88 gave us is encouraging. Now for purepoint and partner's to get their focus on paterson lake drilling, the closer to fis/alf the better. Anyone know who the drill contractor is?