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Map codes 7, 8 and 12 are located along Hubbard Creek beyond the <br />projected angle of draw. Decreed water right No. 6 is located outside the <br />permit boundary and will not be affected by mining. Water right no 13, Reds <br />spring and pipeline, is within the permit boundary but outside of the area <br />affected by mining. The water rights along old State Highway 133 should not <br />be adversely effected by the mining operation because these water rights are <br />in a formation that is geologically at least 800 feet below the mine workings. <br />The J & M Springs & Pipelines are claimed for domestic and stock watering <br />purposes. Water right numbers 1 and 3 are decreed for gallons per minute. <br />Number 2 is decreed for 2 gpm. Numbers 4 and 5 are decreed for 5 gpm. <br />Leonard Springs Nos. 1 & 2 are decreed for 22.4 gpm <br />(aKiii) The narrative in Section 2.04.7(3) discusses the impact the mining operation <br />could have on the quantity of surface and ground water within the permit and <br />adjacent area. This impact is restricted to potential depletion of water from <br />the springs and ponds and surface streams. Limited extraction will be <br />utilized to protect Pond #1. The other ponds are either not within the <br />projected angle of draw or in an area where there is sufficient overburden to <br />minimize the risk of subsidence induced damage. No measures are <br />proposed to protect the springs because the likelihood of damage to the <br />springs by the mine operation is considered minuscule. <br />The applicant has alternative sources of water to mitigate the impact mining <br />may have on the quantity of surface and ground water within the permit and <br />adjacent area. The applicant controls 3,750 shares of Class I and 960 <br />shares of Class 11 stock in the Deer Trail Ditch Company and 782 shares of <br />Class 11 stock in the Fire Mountain Canal. The applicant also controls the <br />right to use 0.5 cfs decreed to the Deer Trail Ditch for power and mining <br />purposes with date of appropriation of February 15, 1907. <br />(a)(iv) The proposed floor elevation of the mine entries at the portal is 6878 feet. <br />Map 10, Upper Perched Water Zone - Mesa Verde Formation, shows the <br />elevation of the ground water in the vicinity of the portal to be above the <br />proposed portal elevation. Therefore, gravity discharge of water from the <br />portals is possible. See section 2.05.4(2)(g) for portal sealing options. <br />MR -130 2.05-102 06/18/12 <br />