Mr. Pooley:- Did Mr. Morgan measure the air in your presence?

A: Yes.

Q: What day?

A: the day after the explosion, the 16th, and I think he found 15000 cubic feet of air going into the level.

Q: And that was to supply 21 men and one mule ?

A: Yes. The day after the explosion I never saw as much gas coming off a mine as I saw in that place.

Q: Have you been able to get into this place since?

A: No, we have been working at that place since the explosion, and we couldn't get into that cave until to-day.

Q: But since then you have been kept back by gas?

A: Kept back by gas.