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The other eight wells were core drilled from surface to approximately the <br />bottom of the Saline Zone, which includes the Boise Bed - the target area <br />for resource extraction. These eight holes were then backfilled through the <br />Saline Zone and completed for use as water wells. <br />The current status of the 11 wells is shown below. <br />WELL <br /> <br />l • <br />MMC-IRI-1; -9; -10 8 -11 <br />MMC-IRI-2 8 -3 <br />MMC-IRI-4; -5; -6 & -7 <br />MMC-IRI-B <br />CURRENT STATUS <br />Monitor wells completed in the <br />Lower Aquifer. <br />Monitor wells completed in the <br />Upper Aquifer. <br />Dual-completion wells equipped <br />with piezometers in both the Upper <br />and Lower Aquifers for the purpose <br />of monitoring both aquifers. <br />A pumping well originally <br />completed in the Lower Aquifer and <br />then later backfilled and <br />recompleted in the Upper Aquifer. <br />It is the only existing well on <br />the Lease suitable for conducting <br />pump tests. <br />Wells MMC-IRI-6, -7, and -8, were drilled and completed during 1981. The <br />other eight wells were drilled and completed during 1980 and 1981. <br />In addition to the wells referred to above, there are eight other wells that <br />have provided data for the area. Four of the wells (Nos. 14-1, 20-1, 24-1 <br />and 28-1) were drilled and completed in 19b5-66. Wells 14-2, 20-1 and 14-1 <br />were constructed with only the Lower Aquifer open to the well, while well <br />28-1 is open to both the Upper and Lower Aquifer. The four wells were <br />originally constructed as mineral exploration core test holes (CEI 1983). <br />The second group of Four wells was drilled in 1975 and designed to test the <br />Upper and Lower Aquifer in each location to establish the magnitude, if any, <br />of communication between the two aquifers. These wells have been <br />periodically monitored for static water level, specific conductance and <br />temperature. <br />G-34 <br />