Processed to 3468 feet, a new drilling record

Today we processed rock core to a depth of 3468 ft, 124 ft below the 3444 ft depth that we left off at yesterday.  The previous single-day drilling record for this project was 120 ft, the drilling crews managed to surpass that by just a few more feet.  My congratulations to both the day and night crews, each contributed equally to the achievement.  Although the HQ bit's smaller diameter cuts through the rock faster than the larger PQ bit, we're a lot deeper down the hole now than we were when the previous drilling record was set.  The rock itself also cooperated for a while, it was less fractured today than yesterday and easier to drill and process.  At the end of the day, we received another ~45 ft of core.