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42 <br />of mining and includes inflow from the trench in Pits A and B. • <br />The rates and volumes of inflow shown in Figure 17 are probably the <br />maximums that can be anticipated. As explained previously, the values of <br />transmissivity obtained from the aquifer tests are believed to be greater <br />than the actual values because they reflect the influence of well-bore <br />storage not accounted for in the analysis procedure. Should the actual <br />mean transmissivity be less than the value of 10 ft2/day used in the <br />computations, inflow will be correspondingly less. It may also be that <br />the actual rate of extension of trench length will be less than the value <br />of 50 ft/day used in the computations; if so, the inflow peaks will be <br />less than presented herein. Finally, the computation procedure ignores <br />that, during the period in which the length of open trench is increasing, <br />new increments are being advanced into overburden that has been partially ~. <br />drained by previous segments. This also will cause the inflow to be less <br />than estimated. <br />It should be recognized that the inflow to the trench will be dis- <br />tributed all along the trench in the form of seeps at various points on <br />the high wall and zmanatin9 from beneath the spoil. The distributed <br />nature of the inflow will tend to maximize evaporation and it is highly <br />unlikely that inflow will become sufficiently concentrated in the trench <br />to flow as a stream and require removal. <br />It was mentioned previously that a portion of the area designated <br />as Pit A in Figure 16 intersects the area, beneath which, stream deposits <br />associated with the aid Ennis Draw exist. Inflow to the east end of the <br />trench could be substantial from these deposits should they be intersected, <br />and it is recommended that special ca re. be taken to prevent significant _ <br />• . <br />disturbance of the waters jn Ennis Draw. The proposals, advanced by Coors, <br />