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. Water inflows at the New Elk Mine have <br />averaged approximately 123 gallons per minute. <br />Of that amount, approximately 88 gpm is being <br />generated from minedout areas totalling <br />approximately 2800 aces. The northerly half of <br />that acreage is under the Purgatoire River and the <br />southerly half is under Apache Canyon. !t is <br />impossible to determine how much is from <br />groundwater sources; however, is appears evident <br />that this small drainage rate from a large <br />undermined area should not reflect material <br />impact of water available to overlying isolated <br />alluvial aquifers or the overall hydrologic regime <br />of the area. <br />Using empiripl data resulting hom the New <br />Elk inflow study and observations of subsidence <br />impacts, it can be projected that impacts on the <br />regional hydrologic system resulting from future <br />secondary and retreat mining at the Golden Eagle <br />Mine will be similarly insignificant. This <br />projection is also supported by the contention <br />that Santistevan Canyon does not contain an <br />alluvial aquifer and that the overlying strata does <br />not contain significant aquifers. <br />C1 <br />• <br />