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Although these depths are in the range which were expected, these depths measured should also be <br />accounted to the fact that the property where the mining will be conducted is currently under <br />imgation by a local Farmer, so depths during mining are expected to be lower than the levels <br />measured, since less land will be imgated at the time of mining. <br />10) In January of 2004, Lambert and Associates collected samples of the gravel from a representative <br />depth and conducted sieve analyses as well as percolation tests in the Phase Al mining area. <br />The sieve analyses show that a very small portion of the material is less than 200 mesh (clay size) <br />which would interfere with ground water movement. The two tests show 3.6% and 5.6% respectively. <br />Lambert indicates that this gravel should have a fast permeability rate. <br />Two test borings were also made in the Phase A 1 area, which were tested for percolation rates. <br />Lambert states that the results show that the material offers little to no resistance to water flow. <br />The combination of these two tests show that it is highly unlikely that water movement would be <br />inhibited, therefore, any water movement from irrigation would likely be near the bottom of the <br />gravel. In the water well drilling in Phase Al described above, the drill logs show that the gravel near <br />the bottom of the holes does contain some silt. Hole W-A1 shows silty gravel layers beginning to <br />appear at a depth of 44 feet, while the remaining 3 holes in Phase Al through A3 (WA-2 through W- <br />A4) show the top of the silty gravel at depths of 48 feet to 54 feet. Given these depths, and given the <br />fact that the silty gravel will still allow water movement; there is virtually no chance that water could <br />be encountered within 35 feet of the surface, even during irrigation season. <br />11) A Ph.D hydrologist was also employed to analyze the predicted level of groundwater flow <br />based on Darcy's equation and the hydrologic parameters that exist on the site. The report <br />shows that the height of water would not be higher than 11 feet from the shale bedrock, or <br />approximately 50 feet from the surface in Phase A1. <br />41 <br />