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n <br />U <br />n <br />u <br />• ll'ell Number 1 has a static water level 76 feet below ground <br />level. Ground level at that point is at an elevation of 7,'x90 feet <br />above sea level. Well Number Z has a static water level 4L feet below <br />ground level. Ground level at that point is at an elevation of 7,410 <br />feet. The coal seam beir~ mined is at an elevation of 7,450 feet. <br />Thus, the mine will be located over 40 feet :above the potentiometric <br />level. There is no indication that the aquifer will be affected by the <br />Blue Plarne (;oal A4ine. <br />Atr exploratory core drill hole located in the SE/4 NE/4 of <br />Section 3'l was driven from the surface through all the overt~urdeu strata <br />to the base of the currently mined upper Menefee coal seam. No water <br />wda encow~tered. The log from this hole accompanies this application. <br />A well core hole was driven in 197Y on the mine bench near the water <br />• tank to a depth of forty feet. The well was dry. The collar of the <br />well is below the upper Menefee seam outcrop. These two holes along <br />with ttre two previously mentioned active water wells indicate that ttre <br />overburden strata and strata at least to a depth of forty feet below the <br />upper A7enefee coal seam contain no aquifers. <br />The best evidence, however, of no disturbed aquifers of no <br />aquifers and no groundwater seepage is in the mine workings themselves. <br />- 4 - <br />• <br />