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.. ~, <br />November 10, 2000 <br />Re Ford/CAMUS <br />Page 2 <br />Now one would ask, could this shallow water disruption <br />affect a well that was cased down 35 feet? I would like your <br />opinion on this. And I would ask that you keep in mind the dequence <br />of events, and also the likelihood that a "sponteneous" total cave- <br />in would "just happen to occur" right while CAMUS was drastically <br />influencing the water level in the immediate area: <br />CAMUS had begun a big hole and was pulling water into <br />their diversion canal. The guy I had staying in the 104th & A9cKay <br />mobilehome noticed mud in the water. Not long after, there was <br />no water. (This guy, Jeff Wadnick, is the cousin of Joe Wadnick; <br />Jeff was staying there til Joe could move in as a caretaker until <br />the place sells--a necessity, since abandoned places are soon <br />vandalized, set fire to, etc. Also, the selling of the property <br />is at stake. We need this well.) Anyway, Jeff, an oil well driller, <br />knows something about wells, as does Joe, who was working for him. <br />They tried a submersible pump--no good. Theyy_ tried I don't know <br />what When they pulled the pipe out, they could tell that the <br />well was caved in up to ~ feet. A week or so later, Bomareto's <br />crew (in CAMUS's employ) checked the well and found that it was <br />completely caved in--clear up to the 35-food casing. By this time <br />CAMUS's retainer wall was causing the shallow water level to be <br />much higher than normal, <br />I can understand CAMUS's reluctance to believe that <br />shallow-water disruptions would affect water below a 35-foot casing. <br />However, I also know that water has an uncanny ability to establish <br />routes through barriers. I would ask you to consider the odds of <br />the shallow water having a devious opening through the clay and rock <br />barriers--maybe even alongside the 35-foot casing, which does pene- <br />trate these barriers and has for all those years. I would ask you <br />to guage the odds of something like this happening, as against the <br />odds of a sudden, 200-foot or more cave-in unrelatedly happening <br />right while the upper water table is being unprecedentedly lowered <br />and raised. Granted, a mostly uncased well is vulnerable--but why <br />would it pick that particular moment to "spontaneously" cave in <br />that much? It looks very fishy to me. <br />You have my and my mother Duela Ford's permission to go <br />onto the 104th and McKay property to check over the well situation. <br />Duela is the property owner. We await your help with this problem. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~~ ~, ~~~ <br />Dorothy J. Ford <br />3119 CR 12 <br />Cotopaxi, CO 81223 <br />1-719-942-4587 <br />