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proximity of active D-seam bums, EC-5 would give early warning if the bums progressed toward the well site. EC-6 was completed as a water monitor well in the D-seam in the Elk Creek drainage. Wells BC-1, ECG and EC-7 were completed using 2° PVC casing and well screens. Well EC-5 was completed using 1" black steel pipe with slotted pipe in the D-seam horizon. Completion diagrams for each well accompany this report in Section 4. RESULTS The bum areas were more extensively burned than anticipated. Some of these burn areas were still active and should be avoided by the mine entries. One entry location in the Elk Creek drainage was found between the burn areas. This location is shallow and is next to Elk Creek itself, approximately 2200 feet north of the new Oxbow stacking tubes. Water flow through the D-seam was difficult to determine, due to the numerous lost circulation zones encountered in the drill holes. Most of these zones are collapse fractures caused by the collapse of the rock overlying burned coal. Estimates of total water flow into the drill holes ranged from dry in the southwest bum area to 10 gpm down dip. Fresh coal core was analyzed from EC-5, EC-6, EC-10 and EC-12. To assist in the planning of the mine entries, the coal core from each hole was broken into • increments and each increment received a short proximate analysis. These analyses and an arithmetic average of each hole are provided as Table 2. Selective mining of the D-seam may reduce the ash content of the D-seam. By leaving the lower parting and the lower portion of the D-seam, the ash content may be reduced by 4-5°~. Table 3 compares the full seam composites with the selective seam composites. Two partings in the D-seam were located from the core descriptions. The lower parting is approximately 2-3 feet above the base of the seam. Where cored during the 1998 drill program, this lower parting ranges from 0.3 to 0.7 feet in thickness. The lithology of this parting ranges from a shaley coal to a shale and appears to be consistent in location. The upper parting is approximately 7-9 feet above the base of the seam. This upper parting ranges from 0.0 to 3.2 feet in thickness and is very erratic to the northwest and west of Elk Creek. Lithology ranges from a shaley coal to interbedded shale and coal. Thickness and rock content of the upper parting increase to the northeast and east of Elk Creek (EC-10). During the drilling program, Glenn Miller undertook some joint set mapping on the west and east slopes of Elk Creek in the area of the proposed underground . entry. Two joint sets were measured. The primary joint set ranged in azimuth Page 3 of 1