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<br />" <br /> <br />i!Jf76' <br />drilling I test <br /> <br />. <br />hole that <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the Dakota sandstone formation was also <br /> <br />impregnated by salt water. The flow is believed to be migrating <br /> <br />eastward from the dome. Evidence from surface traces indicates <br /> <br />that salt water has established fairly-well-defined channels in the <br />~Xxi~XH draining <br />subsurface of the Mancos shale and that it is ~xHxH~~into Coal <br /> <br />Creek along a half-mile XR reach above its confluence with the White <br /> <br />River. This tributary shows a great increase in salinity for about <br /> <br />one-half mile above the mouth. Also in the same vicinity, more <br /> <br />evidence is needed to substantiate the belief that the James well <br /> <br />is leaking at an unknown depth and contributing a considerable flow <br /> <br />eastward and southward RHR across private lands and beneath state <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />Highway'~3l to the salt water swamps bordering the river. <br /> <br />Ample evidence is now available to indicate that the <br /> <br />Kritsas #1 well is leaking and quite possibly the Kritsas #2 well. <br /> <br />Surface flow into the Curtis Creek drainage from the north side of <br /> <br />the dome is not apparent, but subsurface flow is probable, although <br /> <br />to an unknown extent. Data collected the past ~ two years indicate <br /> <br />beyond any question that the Meeker Dome has become pressurized since <br /> <br />the Meeker well was plugged in 1968. Furthermore, the evidence <br /> <br />indicates that the fresh water aquifers consisting of the Dakota <br /> <br />sandstone, several permeable sands in the Morrison formation, and <br /> <br />the Entrada sandstone are impregnated with salt water in all ~x <br /> <br />directions laterally from the open bore holes of the Meeker and <br /> <br />Marland wells. The lateral extent of the saline flow is unknown <br /> <br />but believed to be gradually growing.it. e:l[-e~h~. Other underlying <br /> <br />2068 <br /> <br />-6- <br /> <br />0361 <br />