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<br />IHIi196-90, 96-91 <br />that conclusion on his.absPSVations of the fwndatien of the house. He <br />stated at page 3 of his reca'ort: <br />I entered the crawl space beneath the main floor from the <br />partial baseman. + + + I ex~nined the crawl space foundation <br />Walls by flashlight * * *. Zhe focaz7atfan consists of field <br />rock and mortar vans founded in excavated trer>rh(e]s. 11~o to <br />three musses of unfinished adobe blocks are placed on tap oaf <br />the field atone wall as a leveling muzse. Finally, wnocletl <br />blocks support the floor joists. 'lhe crawl space is excavated <br />as muctl as 2 # feet into shale bedrvc]c. * * * No aracking ar <br />disagcxegation of the grout aas obsezved at any location in <br />the field rock walls ar the adAbe leveling cause. S~4iile <br />props and shims had heal installed at several locations beneath <br />the joists, * * * no rrvverent appeased evident at~any of these <br />suppoxtec~ ].ovations. Nome of these shitrr[ed supports, had been <br />unloaded ar dislodged. ~ . <br />However, in a subsequent msnora~rhan to Susan Mcf~rnron, Coal F'sogrdm <br />Strpervisar, LNG, dated June 2, 1995, Pendleton adrtatted that he was unable <br />to enter the crawl space beneath the eastern two-story portico of the <br />house ar to make any obsesvaticr~s regarding the. condition of the founda- <br />tion these. <br />In an tur]ated "7Yip Report," pseg~ase3 by Nli]ae Rosenthal, chief, <br />Physical. Sciences Branch, Q5T7, who took part in the Ppbruary 1, 1995, <br />investigation, Rosenthal concluded at page Z that "there is little like- <br />lihood that there has been subsidence associated with the first north <br />operation of the Golden Eagle Mine that would have affected the Tatum <br />home." In a February 16, 1995, rrettnr-ax>d<mr to the 'I`atum file aem¢panying <br />his 1Yip Report, Rosenthal stated: <br />i have reviewed the subject [L7~G) r~epoxt and agree with the <br />conclusions made by Jim Pendleton. I have never ohsezved <br />actual subsidence damage to a structure where thse has been <br />no foundation imolvenan. Zhe observation of no drastic <br />fourrlati~ failure by Jim Pendletol, in conjunction with worst <br />case subsidence.modelixg, done,by,myself, p~~~+r,rj;raro that <br />svbsidetrce is not ttie cause of the cracking, of"the Tatum home. <br />By letter dated Febztrary 23, 1995, LNG notified OSM that it had ornt <br />plated its imiestigdtivn into the subsidence question and that "the Thtwn <br />residence is not within an as'ea where mine subsidence related to the let <br />North Main of the Golden Eagle Ndne is occurring or has oealr2ecl. 'itiere- <br />fofe the Talton residence is not subject to mine subsidence irrgacts." By <br />letter of the sere date, it informed the Thtums of its omcluaion. b`ive <br />days later, the Actiig Regional Ditectar, Western Region 6oordinratixg . <br />tJentcs, t141, scot infozmatim to the Talons, which he stated hart bees <br />` 151' Iffi,A~292`' ' <br />