Processed to 5786 feet, the end of drilling Phase 1

Today we finished boxing up the 90 ft of core that was drilled yesterday.  This is the end of the first phase of HGRP drilling.  It's time for the drill crew to go on break, once they pack up all their equipment and leave the rig in good order.  Over the next couple months, we'll continue to log core down here at UH Hilo, and prepare for the next phase of drilling.  Blog updates will not be daily, but I will continue to update the blog regularly with project news.  We expect to have some scientists who are interested in studying the core visit us during this time, and some of the preliminary studies of the groundwater and rocks are about to begin.