Homeowners: Subsidence project released gas into homes


Associated Press - September 5, 2007 11:25 AM ET

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) - People who live near a mine subsidence project in Rock Springs say hydrogen sulfide gas has been seeping into their homes and making them ill.

Residents of Ash Street say the gas got so bad they were forced to evacuate and spend a few days in a motel.

The project involved lifting 25-ton weights and dropping them on the ground to collapse old coal mines underlying the city. The goal was to eventually open for development 840 acres in the city. That area has been off-limits to building because of the mines.

But shortly after the project began July 17, homeowners complained that the shaking ground was severely damaging their homes. State officials called off the project Aug. 6.

Now the homeowners are saying that hydrogen sulfide is seeping out of the mines and up through their floors. Low-level exposure can cause sore throats, respiratory infections and other problems.

State Abandoned Mine Lands officials could NOT be reached for comment Tuesday to the Casper Star-Tribune

thats interesting. we have had problems with black damp seeping into peoples houses and putting out their pilot lights in the basements. also when the new industrial park near the lackawanna mine tour was being built, they did the same thing, dropped a huge weight to collapse the mine workings....... supposedly it worked cause the ground sank a few feet the day after they did it.

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uhhh... H2S would indicate either a lot of AMD or a mine fire.... interesting...

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