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~~~~ ~3. <br /> <br />~:. <br />SENEC.4 Seneca Coal Company <br />Coal Company <br /> <br />SAP 0 5 ~~103 <br />September 3, 2003 <br />Division sf N.~nersis and Gealn~~ <br />Mr. Mike Boulay <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203-2273 <br />RE: Seneca II-W Mine Permit C-82-057, W-24 Monitor Wells <br />Dear Mr. Boulay, <br />At Seneca IIW, all five wells at the W-24 site (located below <br />Pond 16A) have failed. These wells are permitted with the State <br />Engineers Office, permits 234162 to 231466. Ground movement <br />earlier this spring has bent the casings below the ground <br />surface. I lowered a weighted line down each of the casings. <br />The inside of each casing was pinched off at 18 to 26 feet below <br />ground surface. In addition, water is flowing out of the ground <br />at this site. Since all five wells are artesian, I suspect that <br />the water is coming from a break in the casings below ground. <br />Earlier this summer, we dug around these wells in an attempt to <br />repair them. The damage was too deep below ground surface to <br />safely repair them. In order to abandon these wells, we plan to <br />straighten the bent casings with a backhoe while the excavation <br />is still open around them. The excavation will then be <br />backfilled. With a drill rig, we will then force a tre~nmie pipe <br />down the well casing, and fill the casing with cement. We will <br />then fracture the PVC well casing at 40 feet deep, below the <br />bottom of the steel surface casing, to gain communication with <br />the annulus. we will then pump cement down the hole to ~~eal off <br />the annulus. <br />Replacement wells will be drilled next year. Please contact me <br />at 970-276-5209 if you or any other members of the Division have <br />any questions. <br />Seneca Coal Company • P.O. Drawer D • Hayden, Colorado 81639 <br />Telephone (970) 276-3707 • FAX (970) 276-3014 <br />