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• above G) while the Third White Sandstone (SS below G) is restricted from yielding a large amount of <br />water to this system. The heads in the Third White Sandstone are estimated to be significantly below the <br />Pyeatt shallow system in the area of wells P4 and P5 (see Map M32). A width of approximately 1700 feet <br />of the Second White sandstone could yield 33 gpm; the flow measured in the Pyeatt aquifer system near <br />well P-1. The Second White Sandstone is thought to contribute the majority of the water in the Pyeatt <br />system. <br />In September, 1985 Trapper initiated a study to identify the possible alluvial valley system in Flume Gulch. <br />In cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service, a soils map and soil description was completed. <br />Appendix H, Part II, presents the preliminary results of the work. Through the use of test pits, depth to <br />water was found to be at least 66 inches. None of the soils within the potential AVF qualify as prime <br />farmland. Further, the alluvial potential of the Flume Gulch does not meet the criteria of an AVF as <br />defined in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. In no case will Trapper actualty mine . <br />through the suspect area; rather mining will occur a considerable distance upsVeam of this location. <br />Based on these facts, Trapper wntends the impact mining would have on the potential AVF if it exists <br />within the Flume Gulch drainage system is minimal and no additional study or reporting requirements are <br />necessary. <br />• <br />• <br />4-2381 <br /> <br />