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Y <br />or surface diversion structure on the middle fork of the Purgatoire <br />River. <br />2) The New Elk Mine West Diversion Point, an infiltration <br />gallery or surface diversion on the Middle Fork of the Purgatoire <br />River. <br />3). The Golden Eagle Mine Diversion Point, an infiltration gallery <br />or surface diversion structure on the Middle Fork of the Purgatoire <br />River. <br />4) The New Elk Mine Water Discharge. <br />5) The Golden Eagle Mine Water Discharge. <br />Season of Use 83CW128 <br />The decreed season of use shall be the decreed season of use set <br />forth in Case No. W-4138 (April-July). <br />Season of Use 83CW129 <br />Diversions under this water right may be made on a year-round <br />basis. <br />Season of Use 83CW130 <br />Diversions under this water right (for industrial and commercial <br />use) may be made on an year-round basis. <br />In addition case No. 80CW110 approved the right to the use of up to <br />180 gpm of water encountered in the mining process at the Golden <br />Eagle Mine. Subject water may be used, reused, and successively <br />used to extinction for domestic, industrial, manufacturing, mining <br />and agricultural purposes. <br />The water rights on the Purgatoire River total 342 acre-feet per <br />year. This is equivalent to 212 gallons per minute. In addition, <br />the 180 gpm of mine water is equivalent to 290 acre-feet of water. <br />These water rights are listed in Tables 1 and 2 on page 3 of this <br />letter. <br />I discussed the diversion at the Golden Eagle mine with Steve Witte <br />with Water Division 2. The ponds in question by the Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation are actually water intake galleries and are <br />not designed for water storage. The waters retained by these <br />structures are minimal in comparison to water storage reserviors. <br />Therefore, Division 2 considers these approved devices under the <br />above referenced water cases. <br />