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As shown on Figure 2a, the initial drilling plan was • designed to be offset from the three entries of Second Right Section and in advance of the fault. This would help define both elevation and lithological differences within the workings.. Upon completion of the first well (GE 26-88) no significant channel sandstone was found in the roof nor in contact with the P[axwell coal bed. However, a single fracture zone yielding significant gas and water inflow was encountered which occurred in a tabular fine grained grey sandstone approximately 5 feet above the mine seam. A rock sample from the fault face in the workings was retrieved and verified with identical cuttings from the surface drill hole. The drill plan proceeded to a similar offset 100 feet North of First Right Section which is 600 feet to the south of Second Right Section. Faulting could not be interpreted but intense fracturing with apreciable upward water inflow and some gas was present in two of the holes (GE 31-88 & GE 34-88). Several additional holes were drilled (GE 27, GE 28, GE 30, GE 31 & GE 34) along a profile at 100-200 foot spacings north of • First Right to establish elevation control. A structure downwarp to the east, similar to a monocline, was interpreted. The coal bed and strata appear to plunge 8 percent east over a distance of 400 feet across the suspected fractured zone. A single well (GE 29-88) was drilled 575 feet south o:E the above profile (about 250 feet south of #3 entry, First. Right Section) and it too encountered appreciable water inflow in a fracture zone above the Maxwell seam. Deeper drilling into the Apache seam encountered a second fracture that diverted all inflowing water down the well. One conclusion drawn from this observation was the frequency of fracture intercepts for drill holes within the fracture zone and the ease at which water flows through the fractured structure. The location of this well implies that the vertically fractured zone may extend North-South at least 1400 feet (distance between GE 26 & GE 29). The lowest ~- 2.04-6(d) (Revised 09/01/89)