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2 A Oh, yes, we had to shovelthere.
3 How deep did 1'0fJ. go there?
4 An averageof -about ten, twelvce,up to twenty-fiveor
5 thirty feet on the top of that so-calledconglomeratea.Ml&,.
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Q, WEnt into the conglomerate arch twenty-fivefeet?
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was the loosesoil and went intothe solidconglomerate aboutten
9 or twelve feetand the whole cutup therein places is as naeh as
10 twenty-fivefeet.
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Q. On either side?
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A Not on eitherside. On the nearestside. Offf on the
13 east side we did not have to.We were in the bed rock atonce.
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Q. You leanedit against the hill?
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The conglomerateis noton thewest side.
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How about the west side?
17 On the east side--
18 Did you excavate the wholething?
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Yes.
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How deep?
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It is hard to say how deep it was. The photographsand
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the topography we have will showthat to the engineers,J'OV
23 engineersor other engineers.
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Q. Then, this a... properthatwas resting on the solid
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foundationwaseredted to withstanda certainpressure,wasitnot?
26 A Yes sir.
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Q. Do you NIMllllter how much?
28 A Not in units, but it wasabout three timesthe resultant
29 that would comefrom the height of waterto fill in.
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thousand feet horizontalpressureon this piece that .._ up,is
that correct?
