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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (68455)	11/21/2010 1:28:29 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218047

The chance of another explosion seems low That's hard to say without a proper methane reading at the bottom of that mine. If those guys hit a large methane pocket, it could still be building up awaiting another spark and another explosion. Not enough data from my end to give a layman's assessment of the risks. But one would think they could send an unmanned robot inside. I am, however, quite surprised that there ARE coal deposits in New Zealand.. I, admittedly, don't know much about the geology, other than it's essentially a volcanic archipelago. I just never considered the sedimentary geological formations that might have formed. But I see that most of the coal sub-bituminous and lignite, both of which are rather "young" forms of coal. Hawk