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SEIYf BY~ 7-21-95 .: 9~47AM : 0 S [dam 303 832 8106:# 3/. 7 <br />REPORT dl 2Waa?IQa3'IOIf :';' <br />TAt07l HO09E, ~t1I1II~D~: OOLO1l71D0 <br />H71CiQA0IIBD - <br />The complainants, llrft- and Jim Tatum. believe that tlfe danaga to <br />their 68 year Old two story'adobe house vas caused by subsidence <br />resulting lroa underground mining operations at the 6oldan Eagle <br />1line, by IIasin Rsaources. 'The house is.ioCated about 25 miles:. ~• <br />' vast o! Trinidad, Colorado, on state Highway 19. .. - <br />sI'1'a :YIDIT .. <br />Dr. Eol-1i made a follow up~site visit on Nay 11,1995, and was <br />accompanied by the lolloving: Kike Rosenthal, Oltice of Surface <br />Mf713t1g, IPaatern Regional Coosdinatinq Canter, Jim Pendleton and <br />' Randy Pride iron the Colorado State Division`o! Minerals and. <br />Geologyy Larry Bennett aed Ralph Lopss lrom Hasin Resources, and ,..- <br />Carl Gerity of Pioneer Engineering. <br />lln inspection of the residence shoved Wracking .at .the junction of . <br />the wa1Zs and ceiling. There were also crooks above the doors ' <br />and viridove. The cracks in the two-story portion were more .' <br />pronounced than the cracks on the ground iloor:;:The bedroom had <br />the maximum damage. Generally, the cracks were wider at the top ..; <br />- of the wall than the cracks near the base o! the .wail. All <br />creaks appeared to be above the foundation level: ~ .. <br />Dr. Rohli also aaretully p~a~+~~ed the`auzfaee'area above north 1 <br />section. nine workings near the Tatum house, inoluding railroad .. <br />. trnrke !or evidence of subsidsnce. There vas ao visible <br />subsidence of the railroad traoles or ditch line, culvert headwall <br />or cutbu~k associated with the tracks, or indications of repair <br />of damage. The pasture between the Tdtun house and railroad <br />track did not shoe any indication of~surface subsidence. <br />Haain Resources Wined out the Maxvell•seam.near the Tatum House .• <br />• in 1988; through the north i section of the Golden Eagle Mine, <br />using the rode-and-pillar Wining method with no retreat mining .•_ <br />{eee:encloaed•map). The mining height in this area averages' <br />7.5 loot at a depth oP 120 tact. Tho pillars are 80 fast vido <br />and 8o feet long, antriaa are 18 feet vide. This section vas <br />stopped'in 1988 due to water trOUblo and vas sealed in 1990. _ <br />The roof and floor fa Chia area consist of SntQrlaaiastod <br />' sandstone and siltatone. <br />