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The Reinforcement Bars are located one foot apart on center in both directions. Half of the Floor was filled with Rhyolite Rocks, which is nearly as Hard as Granite; and the other half was solid Concrete without Rhyolite [pronouced RII-oo-liit — double letters are LONG Sounds]. The Part with the Rocks developed slight Cracks, after all of the Weight was added to the Top; and therefore, it was not a Good Idea to include the "Space-saving Money-saving" large Rocks, even though this Floor rests upon Conglomerate Rock, which is what I call a Poor Man’s Bedrock. Notice the Concrete Form at the left, which is set up for the First Concrete Pillar, which held the Excess Concrete after the Floor was poured, which we completed by Hand.

It Required all Day, just to get the Ramps set up; and then it Required half of a Day in order to get the Metal Concrete Forms set up; and another Cool Morning in order to get the Concrete made and poured into those Forms. Remember that most of this Building was made during the Heat of the Summer, and was well Watered each Day, in order to Harden the Concrete, and to Cool it off: because too much Heat will Ruin Concrete.

This Job Required 5 of us 2 Days to complete, just to get ready for the Concrete, which Required another whole Day of Steady Work with about 500 Buckets full of Concrete, being Mixed by Hand with a small Concrete Mixer, in order to pour this one Slab, which is held up by Heavy Oak Timbers that rest on Metal Clamps (painted Red), which are Bolted Together across the Upper Ends of the Concrete Pillars.

The Floor for the Guard House is made in 3 Parts, with the larger Part being in the Middle. No Cracks have appeared so far in that Floor. Each Part was poured and Cured with Water for 2 Months before the Forms were moved. Notice that the little White House is dwarfed by this Concrete “Monolith Dizzyland Monstrosity,” as someone called it. Notice the Beautiful Sky, which makes such Work very Pleasant, when Compared with the Work that other People do in Noisy Factories, Dusty Fields, and Stinking Slaughterhouses. No one was Injured during this entire Project, nor with any other Swangkee Project up to this Date — not even a Smashed Toe: because we are not Rushed by Capitalism! And neither should any one else be Rushed by Capitalism: because "Accidents" are just one of the many Disadvantages for that System of a very BAD Economy.