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<br /> <br />EXHIBIT G <br />WATER INFORMATION <br />As stated previously, this pit has existed since prior to 1973. In 1993 some water <br />seepage occurred in the northeast corner of the pit. This area was one of the first <br />:areas that was mined, and undisturbed since then. The water did nat seep from <br />the bottom of the pit, but rather from a location on the side slope above the pit <br />wall. <br />An irrigation lateral is located several hundred feet northeast of the property. The <br />ditch was cleaned by others during June Of 1993, and several weeks later the <br />seepage began. Water was present for a short period during the fall of 1993. <br />The ditch was cleaned again in 1994 and the water returned again in September <br />of 1994. Water leached into the pit wall, flowed across the pit floor to the <br />northwest and accumulated to a depth of approximately 1'. The seepage quit in <br />late October and all water was gone by November 15, 1994. During this period, <br />Bob Oswald did a routine inspection on Permit No. M77-053. He reported the <br />problem to the Division of Water Resources and they required an augmentation <br />plan. <br />Water returned for a short time during the fall of 1995 in the same manner. A <br />definite relationship exists between the irrigation lateral, and the seepage. No <br />ground water has ever been encountered in the floor of the pit. All water present <br />was from the northeast corner of the pit. <br />No water has appeared this year at all. The water study and augmentation plan <br />was completed a submitted during August of 1996 for approval. A copy of this <br />plan is enclosed for your reference. We are awaiting approval of the plan now. <br />Please remember that no ground water will be encountered as a result of this <br />mining. The augmentation plan is to deal with the water seepage created by <br />previous mining by others. <br />