We are drilling ahead to the next interval to be cored. This will be the ""10480"" fault zone which is deforming the casing and appears to be the fault responsible for the ""Hawaii"" earthquakes, located approximately 100m below the point of intersection. The geophysical logs across this faut zone indicte that it is an approximately 1m thick zone of weak gouge. As this fault zone has caused considerable drilling difficulty, we are proceeding with caution.