Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Dark loose clay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ2SeE_uNx8

I am in the middle of my core renovation and wanted to drain the lake to be able to dry up the leak in the dam. In doing so I cut a 10 ft trench and noticed that some of my clay is real dark and loose. So much so that the trench collapsed into itself. (see the section of the video that shows the wall fall in) SO, is this good clay, just not compacted? Is it just wet due to the leak? or is there such a thing as bad clay and not workable to reuse for the core? I have read on blue clay, but this is more a dark gray when most other sections is brown,....not red, or orange, but brown (and is most definitely clay).

My buddy Otto is a character. A real piece of work. Many years ago, he, I and Lusk were flying to Atlanta to a conference that Greg Grimes was having. They went through the gate first. I got stopped because my name was on the do not fly list. Uh Oh. While they were checking things, Lusk and Otto were making loud wise cracks about me looking like a terrorist. I wasn't enjoying it near as much as they were. Anyway, they realized that it wasn't me on the list.

When we got to the conference, we had a break between sessions. I went into the restroom to get rid of some of the coffee I had drank. When I stepped out Otto said, in a loud voice. "Dave, did you wash your hands? You know what your Wife said." You could have heard a pin drop with everybody looking at me. I wanted to shoot him. I've gotten even with him a couple of times since then and we have a mutual distrust.