public Minesweeper(File seedFile) {

     try {
         Scanner seedInput = new Scanner(seedFile);
         this.rows = seedInput.nextInt();
         this.cols = seedInput.nextInt();
         this.mines = seedInput.nextInt();

         for (int c = 0; c<mines; c++) {
             mineBoard[seedInput.nextInt()][seedInput.nextInt()] = "M";
         }



     } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
         // handler exception here
     } // try