Dewatering Questions -Now - I do not know where the "0"/zero reference level is established from - however at some point - someplace in the past a horizontal portal was driven into the hillside at the "600" level and the top of water is at that level presently! ----- Now we also know that for ANY dewatering to take place - a tailings pond MUST be built ! ---- We also know that (apparently) the tailings PILE fills a ravine in the natural terrain ! ---- Therefore if assays prove out - the process will mean emptying that ravine and if allowed digging it deeper !! ----- WOULD it not be possible then to drill horizontally into the lower workings and let some of the lower parts to drain out rather than pumping ?? - something like drilling holes near the bottom of a barrel ?----- I don't know the terrain well enough - maybe an additional addit or decline ramp would be beneficial in future plans anyway - I do know that in BC - rather than deepening a vertical shaft - they would construct a road down the mountainside and drive a new horizontal portal in with economic and fresh air benefits !!! HMmmm?