Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Mine Water Pumping <br />Problems.with the pump, flow meter and recording of data are apparent in <br />the mine water data. The pump is being run continuously as of March 30, <br />1961 and the new totalizing flow meter reading is recorded daily by a <br />fireboss. Therefore, on and off times have been .deleted. The recent <br />data (collected after the new meter was installed on March 20, 1981), <br />which are far more reliable, indicated mine water production on the order <br />of 30,300 gal./day (21 gal./min. or 0.05 cfs). It appears that mine <br />water production has increased as mining proceeds toward Curtis Creek and <br />it is expected that mine water production will decrease during the next <br />quarter when mining proceeds away from Curtis Creek. <br />Preliminary Conclusion <br />The data gathered to date from this monitoring program tend to support <br />the conclusion that there is no significant hydraulic communication <br />between the "G" coal seam and the overlying strata in the area of "First <br />East" mining. <br />Certainly, the amount of mine water encountered has increased as mining <br />has progressed toward Curtis Creek as expected, but the amount of water <br />is not significant and should diminish as mining proceeds east of Curtis <br />Creek. Obviously, the next three months of data will play an important <br />role in the further analysis of the groundwater situation at the Rienau <br />No. 2 Mine. <br /> <br />