APPCOR11708

• Permit No: C1992079
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 12/11/1992
• Doc Name: PENNSYLVANIA WEST COAL GULCH PERMIT C-92-079
• From: DMG
• To: HARRY RANNEY
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 51., Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
DATE: December 11, 1992
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Michael B. LOng
Division Dneclor
RE: Pennsylvania West, Coal Gulch Permit C-92-079
I have reviewed the November 2, 1992 and December 7, 1992 submittals from
Paul Baker for completeness of the permit application as well as for specific
responses to his requests.
The October 20, 1992 CDMG letter indicated that the Division would call the
application complete based on receipt of the following items:
1. Water quality analyses of 3 wells - complete
2. Water quality information from the Section 16 well - complete
Aquifer test data from the Section 16 well - needed
3. A commitment from Pennsylvania West to drill another well within 30 days
- needed
Therefore, the submittal is still incomplete.
The November 18, 1992 letter specifies the following requirements for
submittal soon after completeness.
- Geochemistry from two holes
1. Proposed Drilling Locations
Mr. Baker has proposed to use the Section 16 well and to monitor the
Upper Menefee/Lower Cliff house and has proposed an additional Point
Lookout well in the SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 21. Information from the
driller, John Frank, dated October 21, 1986, indicated that the Section
16 well is 4" diameter, 350' well with a ten foot bottom cement plug
and twenty feet of steel casing hanging into the well from the ground.
This is not a double completion well as requested in the June 28, 1985
Division adequacy letter. Currently, water from the Cliff house and
Menefee are free to mix and provide no data about each individual
aquifer. In addition, this well is 4000' north of the permit area and
has no winter access. I would not recommend that this well be included
in the monitoring plan.
The proposed drilling location of the Point Lookout well is near the
Messier well and at the edge of the proposed mine plan. The location
would aid efficient sampling, and monitoring of the Messier during the
pump tests may result in very good drawdown information. A third drill
hole site should be on the western half of the permit area, if at all
possible.