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property, cut down trees, build roads, installed electric power lines, drilled a great shaft Fourteen (14) feet in diameter and Six hundred (600) feet deep, installed giant blowers used to extract gas from the mine and put it into the atmosphere. Years later Defendant denies that such a deal was struck now that their operation is complete and running. Plaintiffs have lost approximately 4.6 acres of the land. Plaintiffs have further been deprived of the use of approximately 80 acres of Plaintiffs land due to the actions of Defendant. 28. Plaintiffs would show that in the drilling of the airshaft that the casing job was negligently done and the water bearing formation lying between the surface of the ground and the total depth of the airshaft (approximately 600 feet) was damaged in that a considerable water leak came down hole due to improper casing and that this interrupted and/or ruined a water well owned by the Plaintiffs and located in close proximity to the airshaft. Plaintiff's bring suit for FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($55,000.00) for the damage to Plaintiff's well and water formation and alternatively fo'r specific performance to replace Plaintiff's lost water. " 29. Further, Plaintiffs bring suit for the cost to remove structures placed on Plaintiffs property by Defendant, and to return Plaintiffs property to the condition it was in ,1 prior to Defendants placing the air-shaft on Plaintiffs property. The cost to restore the property is FIFTEEN ~ THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000.00). 30. The Defendants have failed and refused to allow Plaintiffs to water Plaintiffs "Torres tract!' per the agreement between Plaintiff and Defendant. Plaintiffs have been deprived of the hay crops on the Torres property and the value of such crop from 1992 through 1996 would be FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLP.RS ($50,000.00). Further,Plaintiffs would show that Plaintiffs have been damaged in their ability to graze livestock on the Torres tract due to the loss of the irrigation water and such grazing loss would be TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00) from 1992 through 1996. 31. Plaintiff's Torres tract has been damaged in value as Plaintiff's were deprived the right to irrigate and to water rights. Thus Plain*_iffs have suffered a monetary loss due to the acts of Defendant and sues for FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($40,000.00) for the loss in value of Plaintiff's property due to Defendant's acts. 32. Plaintiff: riculd show that Defendant has breached a contract and agreement whereby Plaintiff was induced to allow Defendant t~ come unto Plaintiffs land, destroy trees and pasture acid install buildings and structures based upon Defendant's re.preaentation of a trade for water at Torres.