Hi William,
The position is defined in the following blocks: mainbody-content-left.php, mainbody-content-right.php, one-sidebar-left-with-mastcol.php and one-sidebar-right-with-mastcol.php. By default, those blocks are not used, you can load the blocks to the layout you want to use and you will get the mast_col position in the layout.
Here is a sample block:
<div id="t3-mainbody" class="container t3-mainbody">
<div class="row">
<!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
<div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-push-4 col-md-9 col-md-push-3">
<?php if($this->hasMessage()) : ?>
<jdoc:include type="message" />
<?php endif ?>
<jdoc:include type="component" />
</div>
<!-- //MAIN CONTENT -->
<div class="t3-sidebar t3-sidebar-left col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-sm-pull-8 col-md-3 col-md-pull-9">
<div class="row">
<!-- MASSCOL 1 -->
<?php if ($vars['mastcol']) : ?>
<div class="t3-mastcol t3-mastcol-1 <?php $this->_c($vars['mastcol']) ?>">
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p($vars['mastcol']) ?>" style="T3Xhtml" />
</div>
<?php endif ?>
<!-- //MASSCOL 1 -->
<!-- SIDEBAR LEFT -->
<?php if ($vars['sidebar']) : ?>
<div class="t3-sidebar col-xs-12 <?php $this->_c($vars['sidebar']) ?>">
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p($vars['sidebar']) ?>" style="T3Xhtml" />
</div>
<?php endif ?>
<!-- //SIDEBAR LEFT -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Gardner.