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any rocks that had been found at the house, but that he was not home when the blasting took place. I examined the rabbit hutches and could not find any sign of flyrock or even any sand size particles. The only objects I found were some leaves and a few chunks of old wood (about the size of a quarter, but square). I asked B. J. about the dust problem and he stated that it blows away to the west and was not a problem down at the house. At the time of this inspection the wind was blowing relatively hard, but there was no dust observed. I should say that I had been by this location both in the AM and in the PM over a four day period and only observed dust when work was actively in progress, and it was not blowing off site toward the homes, but to the west. On Thursday the 24th of July I went to the Bowie # 2 mine site and met with Tony Bear and Larry Whitt (construction superintendent) to look at the blast- ing site and get their accounting of what happened. Tony Bear stated that he did not find or remove any rocks from the Rugh's property, in fact he looked all over the area including the old State Highway 133 and could not find any flyrock. He said that he went down to their house because the sheriff sug- gested that he do so. Both Tony Bear and Larry Whitt stated that the blast did not blow any rock it the direction of the Rugh's property, but in fact went to- ward the northeast. They both stated that three boulders were drilled and blasted to fracture them, and that they all went off at the same time. Below are my observations while inspecting the blasting site. Pictures were taken of the following and will be available after they are developed. • The blasting site was on the inside of the curve of the road just below the topsoil pile. • The collected samples of the blasted rock were sandstone. • Tree damage was caused by heavy equipment not the blasting. This was confirmed by both Tony Bear and Larry Whitt. • My observations of the fractured rock showed them to be in the northeast- erly direction of where 1 was told the rocks were blasted. This is away from the site direction of the Rugh's home. I was also told that some of this rock was rock that hit the haul road and that it was pushed back into the ditch by the maintainer. While at the site I talked with Bill Bear and asked if he knew who lived in the house that was closer to the blasting site than the Rugh's. He stated that they were renters of Bowie's and their name was Martinez. I left the mine site and caught the Martinezs' just as they were leaving. They stated that they had not seen any flyrock on their property and had no known damage to their home or property. I observed their concrete patio on the north side of their house and could not see any rock or other suspicious de- 3