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Q. It is right when the roadwas built and wherethere is
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partof the roadwaahG4. out because of that leak, is that whatyou
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A Thelast leak made a gashacross the road, yes. The
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leak that wasalwaysthere and which we --- TonyHarnischfeger's

6 house was on a superinducedleak, a determinedleak. Thatis
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one of the leaks that usually occurin damsby leading thepressure

8 andrelieve the dam
water, which we always expect, under the dam,
9 of that much weight. There are a common t.h.ing and that wateris

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let out to relieve that pressure that, in this case, wasless thaa
11 it is usually in dams. I have one dam wherethat water amounts to

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four or five inches. I have seendams where it amounted to thirty
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or forty inches. It is the upthrusting water ft'Gla tll!t deeply cut
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formatino where the dam is set, and is on.17 let up throughthe pipes
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andled through the dam away to one side. We used that waterbecause
16 eau.ae it was sweet and clear, and piped it down to the house.

17 That water amounted to perhaps one or 'two miners inches, and it

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wasright close to this place.
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Q. Thatwas not in the canyonitself, that was up to the
20 west end of the main structure?

21 A It was the west end of the main structure and a little

22 away from the &urt. but it was not a great waysfrom ti. dam. It

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was fifty feet. Thepiping was let down to the bank there andwe

24 usedthe water at the house. We did that from the .,,.-, first.
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Q. \lha.t do you estimate, Mr. Mulholland, that the amountof

26 waterwaswhich was seeping or leaking from thedam?
27 A Up to the time that this greater leak developedwe have

28 the whole record on all of them. It is a daily record because
29 it is observedall the time and reported on occasions. We havea

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"V'' weirto measure the l&aJtage fromboth sides,and all sides,
31 and a little "V" weir, and that *1IOWlhl. at the very mosdtto five

32 miners inches andthe average wasaboutfour inches, depending