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The QR water -level map at Trapper Mine was very similar in 2014 to the 2013 water -level <br />elevations. Gradients and flow directions for the QR aquifer in 2014 are similar to those observed in <br />2013. <br />Map No. 2 -2 presents the water -level elevation contours for the HI aquifer in the fall of <br />2014. Wells GC -1, GF-4, GP -3, GP -7, and GMP -1, which are completed in the HI aquifer, and <br />backfill wells GF -5 and GF -7, were used in the development of this map. Wells GF -5 and GF -7 are <br />completed in the backfill in the area where the H and I coal seams were mined. Flow direction in the <br />HI aquifer has been changed mainly near the A pit near well GF-4. The overall flow regime in this <br />aquifer is northerly, similar to that observed in 2013 (see Hydro - Engineering, 2014). Flow in the HI <br />aquifer in the proposed permit extension area on the east side of the Trapper Mine changes to the <br />northwest due to changes in the structure of the H and I coal seams. The ground -water gradient <br />between the backfill aquifer and the un -mined HI aquifer downgradient is relatively flat as it is in the <br />QR backfill. The contours in the HI aquifer have also been changed on the east side where previous <br />mining in the A pit has likely caused water level declines near this pit. The D and K pits were used to <br />mine the I seam and the K pit also mined the H and I seams in 2010 through 2012 and the I2 seam in <br />2013. The Hand I seams were mined in the K pit in 2014 while the L pit mined the I seam. <br />The P White Sandstone aquifer water -level elevations are presented on Map No. 2 -3. <br />Wells GC -2, P -8 and GP -9 were used in the development of this map. Flow direction in the 3rd <br />White Sandstone is mainly toward the north, as expected. The 2014 contours are very similar to <br />those observed from the last few years. The flow direction in the P White Sandstone changes to the <br />northwest in the permit extension area on the east side of the Trapper Mine. Water -level elevation <br />contours have to shift to the northeast in the extension area because the base of the P White <br />Sandstone would be above the water -level elevation if they continue to the east. The saturated <br />Trapper Mining Company 2 -10 <br />2014 Annual Report <br />