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FEE-Z6-01 bS:9TP11' FIIO~DAy15. GRAFIAk i 9TUBB9 9038931970 T-iA6 P.15/1B F-299 <br />~' <br />BEFORE THE <br />COLORADO MINED LAND ItlECLwMATiON $OnRD <br />In rr: Bas>a lteaotuee9, Inc. ) Contest 1'toceodia,g <br />Notice of Violatiotl <br />CV•2000-t109 <br />AFb`mAVIT OF ROlNALD ~ THO1Ml+~SON <br />r --- <br />Ronald G. Thompson, bane first duly sworn oa oa[h, deposes and says: <br />1. I was pneviotuiy employed by Basin ltesottt~es, Inc. at the Golden Eagle Mine, <br />attd have continued to work as a Consultant for Basin Reso>uces, IAC. on matters related ib the <br />Golden l3agle Mine. I bsve over 22 yeatR of wtperimce is the coal mi>tittg ituktsflry: <br />2. I was first employed by Bann Resw¢ces, Inc, in Fetntuny 1990_ <br />3. Li ]at><oaty teed Fcbntary of 1991 I conducted s suuvey of the tuuiergt+ound <br />wotl~gS in the arm tumwat as First North. ?he pu[pose of the survey was to determine rtthethes <br />a~ equipment could be recovered from thus area before it was flooded. I traveled through every <br />catty and aoss~tlt in the First Nordt area tluoughout I94i. I continued w ttsvei thtnugh the <br />entire Fuat Noah warbiogs as Irate as Marsh of 1992. <br />4. Mittimg ceased is the First North aPPb' is August of 1988. Minir{g <br />ceased in the First North area because mIDing became difficult due to water eotttirtg into the <br />worloztg face wLielt sreted soft Boor canditioms. <br />5. Hasm Reernuces. Inc. began floodmg the First North area in Marsh, 199. <br />6. Daring my time wbdong et the Cwldea Pagle Mine I heauod ao tbpons of coal <br />bumps in either the First North area as related to any of rho longwall panels az the mine. <br />7. Du[ittg my titae wotidag a[ the Golden Eagle Mine, I had ocxasion [o observe <br />drilling sear the mint workings. Drill beles typically came witiva one foot of the expected <br />loeatl~ of the aril] hOlg in the mine workings, even over distances in excess of 5110 feet. <br />or~wasFn .aoc <br />~rurooi a9:u~-+ <br />bI'd 8S~bI T0. T JP~,f _. ._.. .... ._._. _ <br />8S5£998£0£~XPd <br />.~ y <br />