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(De~sition of Ron K. Thomps~) <br />1 MSHA, they collect a bottle sample and send it to <br />2 their lab. We monitor daily for methane, which is <br />3 the other than the normal constituents of air, is <br />4 the main other chemical in the air. <br />~ ..... <br />l~ <br />5 Q. <br />6 fire over <br />7 shaft her <br />8 A. <br />9 Q. <br />10 operation <br />11 A. <br />I understand you had an explosion or <br />in the area that's fairly close to that <br />a couple years ago; is that true? <br />Yes, it is. <br />Was that before the shaft went into <br />or afterwards? <br />The shaft was under construction at <br />12 that time. The fan itself hadn't been set on the <br />13 surface. I believe the shaft was not completed at <br />14 that time. <br />15 Q. Let's talk about something out ~of your <br />29 <br />16 educational background that you may not be <br />17 personally involved with, as I understood your <br />18 earlier responses. Assume with me, if you will, <br />19 that that water well over there produced water and <br />20 had water standing in it, and you drilled a bore <br />21 hole -- how big is that air shaft, twelve feet? <br />22 A. I think they drilled it nine foot wide <br />23 and it's now an eight foot completed shaft. <br />24 Q. And it's within what, a hundred feet or <br />25 a hundred and fifty feet of that well? <br />EARL E. MEEK & ASSOCIATES <br />311 West 12th St., Pueblo, Co. 81003 (719) 542-1010 <br />