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• elevation that any water bearing fracture was encountered is from <br />GE 35-88 at 6600 feet above sea level. The lithology at that <br />depth could not be acertained due to no cutting returns and the <br />volume of water being flushed from the well with foam injection. <br />It is possible that this depth is at or near the basal <br />conglomerate sandstone that separates the Raton Formation from <br />the underlying Vermejo Formation. For reference, the surface <br />elevation of the nearby Purgatoire River is 7010 feet above sea <br />level. <br />The last series of drill holes (GE 32-88, GE 35-88, E-1, <br />E-2 and E-1-a) were located adjacent to and into the Second Right <br />workings. GE 32-88 was located 100 feet East of the faulted coal <br />face, and it indicated a downward elevation offset of up to 14 <br />feet. It was cased with 1 1/4 inch PVC and gravel packed to the <br />top of the Maxwell Seam for monitoring water levels. GE 35-88 <br />was a second offset well 100 feet to the South of GE 33-88 and <br />• was completed as a monitoring and degasification/dewatering well <br />of the bedrock formations. E-1 and E-2 are steel cased wells <br />into Second Right entries for methane ventilation. The last well <br />E-1-A, was completed in the Second Right working and is closest <br />to the fault contact and source of the gas and water inflow. It <br />was designed to draw methane gas away and reduce pressure on the <br />permanent seals set up in the idled section. <br />The following is the GEM drill hole summary, remarks, and <br />some tentative interpretations of the fault/fracture exploration <br />program. <br /> <br />20.4-6(e) (Revised 09/01/89) <br />