"I didn't learn anything I didn't already basically know," Erickson said. "I'm glad that they did a thorough investigation."

Nothing Black heard from MSHA Thursday seemed to put the blame on one person or one entity in particular, she said.

Black, however, was encouraged by MSHA's intent to take another look at the mining plans for several deep mines like Crandall Canyon. She credited Stickler with making "good points" that had to do with a new checklist that mine inspectors will have to go by during inspections.

Black said one of the hardest parts of the meeting was seeing photos of the Aug. 16 collapse where her husband died. Although the report was somewhat redundant to what Black already knew, she was at least glad to have a copy of the thick report for herself.

"It's all in black and white now," Black said. She also gave a copy to one of her lawyers who was at the meeting Thursday.

Black is anticipating yet another report she said is due out in a few days that will include an internal investigation into the actual MSHA investigation.

Attorney Colin King, whose firm represents multiple families of the mine disaster victims, called the report "tough" and said there is a lot of new information in it that corroborates claims that families are making in their lawsuit. "It underlines and emphasized the claims we made in our complaint," King said.

King said Stickler also had information relevant to the lawsuit. "It was his (Stickler's) belief that the operator had tried to mislead inspectors by not providing all the data on the north barrier," King said. King was also surprised to learn of the severity of not one, but two bounces that took place on March 7 and March 10 on the north barrier

King said Stickler told the families that the collapses were tragedies that "could have been prevented and should have been prevented."

Cesar Sanchez, brother of miner Manuel Sanchez, who died in the initial collapse, said everything he heard today confirmed rumors that the mine operator had not reported everything that was going on in the mine prior to the failure. He said this renewed an anger that he hasn't felt for some time, adding that all this could have been avoided.

Families filed into the Holiday Inn here at about 9 a.m. and the doors were closed with police standing near the entrance to the hotel and meeting room. Lawyers for families who have filed lawsuits also were seen entering the room where Stickler was waiting with copies of the investigation results.