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2.04.7 page 3 • CLIFF HOUSE SANDSTONE This unit comprises the caprock to the dip slopes of the area. Based on in1 provided by the Menefee Land Company exploration drilling program for a propc bordering the King Coal Mine, the sandstone is not saturated and is above the po surface in the immediate project vicinity. No water was encountered in any drill t program at a level above or in the Menefee seams. All wells in this unit were dry House formation. The nearest water wells completed in this wut or the two units below are as follows: W-1 (#186332) -Ted Compton; .17 miles south of permit bounda: W-3 (#199059) -Gary Etheridge; .43 miles south of permit bounda~ W-9 (#077395) -Curtis Beyer; .42 miles south of permit boundai U • MENEFEE FORMATION The upper part of this formation contains the coal seam being mined at the Mine. Fifty years of mining has not encountered any ground water in this formatie Number 1, which is drilled in and draws water from the Quaternary alluvium, has ~~ leve176 feet below ground level. Ground level at that point is at an elevation of 7, sea level. The coal seam being mined is at an elevation of 7,450 feet. Thus, the m located at least 136 feet above the potentiometric level. There is no indication tha will be affected by the King Coal Mine. An exploratory core drill hole located in the SE14 NW/4 of Section 32 (See driven from the surface through all the overburden strata to the base of the Curren upper Menefee coal seam. No water was encountered. A well core hole was drive the mine bench near the water tank to a depth of ninety feet. The well was dry. T] well is below the upper Menefee seam outcrop. These two holes along with the pr mentioned active water wells indicate that the overburden strata, and strata at leas twenty feet below the lower Menefee coal seam contain no aquifers. _ -- The best evidence ts, owever, of no disturbed aquifers or no aquifers and r water seepage in the mine workings themselves, except for the aforementioned "pe aquifers. Water must be pumped into the mine from Weils # 1 and # 2 for dust a This is a normal need for operating coal mines. Intake water used inside the mine pumped out or discharged. POINT LOOKOUT SANDSTONE The Point Li~okout Sandstone is below the formation to be mined and will ~ disturbed during.the mining process. The upper 100 to 140 feet is a massive sands) or may not contain significant amounts of ground water. Wells have recently been this unit for new real estate developments (Rafter J.) approximately eight miles ea project area. Small amounts (max. pump rate of 30 gpm) of water were encounter locations. coal mine e during this 'the Cliff King Coal n. Well static water 390 feet above ne will be t the aquifer ap C-3) was mined in 1978 on collar of the to a depth of ground fire control. typically not t be to which may filled into of the in some August 2000