Thanks Alan for the translation and the extra info! David Alan McGrew wrote: >HOLA DAVID, GRACIAS PRO CONTESTAR TAN PRONTO, LOS DATOS QUE ME PIDE NO >LOS TENGO, PERO PUEDO CONTARTE LA HISTORIA; > >HACE YA COMO UNOS 30 AÑOS, UNA EMPRESA COLOMBINA DE EXTRACCION DE >CARBON EN LA COSTA ATLANTICA, EN LA GUAJIRA MAS ESPECIFICAMENTE, >LLAMADA EL CERREJON Y UNA EMPRESA ESTADOUNIDENSE A LA CUAL NO LE SE EL >NOMBRE, INICIARON CON LA MINA DE CARBON, Y LA EMPRESA EXTRANGERA >CONTRATO VARIOS INGENIENROS ENTRE ESOS AL SEÑOR GERALD STATLER, AL >PARECER ERA CANADIENSE... PERO NO ESTA CONFIRMADO, SE ENAMORO DE UNA >COLOMBIANA LLAMADA RUTH DE LA BARRERA TUVIERON UN HIJO A QUIEN LLAMARON >ERIC STATLER DE LA BARRERA QUIE ES MI EX ESPOSO, PASO ALGUN TIEMPO Y >LOS HIJOS DE GERALD STATLER VINIERON A COLOMBIA SE SE FUERON CON EL, A >ESTADOS UNIDOS, LO UNICO QUE LE QUEDO A RUTH DE LA BARRERA FUE LA >DIRECCION DE SU CASA EN ESTADOS UNIDOS.. RE BOX 35 1A ORLEANS 1N 47452 >TELEFONO 8128653976 > > >I translate this, loosely, as follows: > >Hello David, Thanks for replying so quickly. I do not have the information you requested, but I can tell you some history. > >About 30 years ago a Colombian coal mining company began mining coal on the Atlantic coast, in the Guajira specifically. [The Guajira is the Peninsula that juts into the Caribbean along the border with Venezuela. El Cerrejon is the name of the largest coal mine in Colombia.] The Colombian company worked with an American company, but I don't recall its name. The foreign company contracted for several engineers, amongst whom was Mr. Gerald Stateler, whom I think was Canadian, but that is not confirmed. He fell in love with a Colombian called Ruth De La Barrera. They had a son named Eric Stateler de la Barrera, who is my ex-husband. After a while the children of Gerald Stateler came to Colombia and he went with them to the USA. The only thing I know about Ruth de la Barrera is her home address .. RE Box 35 1A Orleans 1N 47452 Telephone 812 865-3976. > >[Years ago I did a study of the coal mining industry in Colombia, and I think that Exxon was the foreign partner.] > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STATLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >