I have mined in Washington (Errington?). Have been mining for twenty two years. There was always plenty of air in the place where I was working and in the roof of my stall but I can't exactly tell - I cannot say which part of the slope is in rock or which is in coal. Where I was working the thickness of the coal varied from sixteen to eighteen feet - We took the coal right away to the roof. I did not hear of any complaints of gas in the day of the explosion - I know Andrew _____ - As far as I knew him he was a careful fireman. I have known him ever since I was in the mine. The mine had been watered a short time before the third of May that is a portion of it - I experienced the advantage of it - There was not so much coal dust.
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