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The Toupal's then went about other business and the rest of the group inspected the <br />affected methane area north of Highway 12. In this area 15-20 soil methane monitors exist <br />in affected and unaffected areas. The die-out areas look very similar in this area as in other <br />areas; bare, eroded earth bounded by well-vegetated areas separated by a few feet of <br />sparse or stressed vegetation. A gas pipeline is also located in this area as well as the City of <br />Trinidad waterline. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> _. _ 4 <br /> A <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />_ ~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />-_ _ _ _ _ <br />~ ~ <br />_ <br />' <br />_ - . _ .1~`.~FU~ Ji y~ i <br />~.~ <br />~. "• <br />} <br />~h~ ~~I- -~ <br />Inspector Gorham reviewed portions of the 2005 Golden Eagle Mine Methane Assessment <br />completed by Peak Project Management and Greystone Environmental Consultants A copy <br />of this report is available for review at the Division's Denver office and can be reviewed at the <br />office of Peak Project Management. 34115 County Road 20 8 in Trinidad. Our ground <br />position relative to the workings and a known fault encountered by Basin Resources <br />underground was discussed. <br />Longwall mining operations were conducted north of highway 12 from about 1989 to <br />cessation of m~rnng m December 1995 Approximately 2.5 longwatl panels were mined along <br />with development entries. The group drove existing gas roads to a point overlying the mined <br />out areas. Cracking was observed in many sandstone outcrops but it could not be positively <br />determined that subsidence was the cause of these cracks. Mr Lambeth of XTO Energy <br />stated he knew of cracks that existed on an adjacent ridgeline that might have been caused <br />