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the site of the J.B. Dawson Reservoir No. I (the dam for this reservoir is breached). This <br />ditch irrigates land in the Dry Creek watershed, and a portion of the land is irrigated also <br />by the Dry Creek Ditch. The Sage Creek Reservoir Outlet Ditch can divert up to I.0 cfs <br />under a water right transferred from the Bates Ditch in Civil Action No. 1070. Also, the <br />ditch has diverted water released from Sage Creek Reservoir, which is located about <br />3 miles upstream from the ditch, In 1985, the dam for the Sage Creek Reservoir <br />breached. Currently, the dam and reservoir are inoperable. <br />During the irrigation season, the pumpage from Well No. I could reduce the <br />streamflow available for diversion into the Sage Creek Ditch and the Sage Creek <br />Reservoir Outlet Ditch. Until Sage Creek Reservoir is repaired, the well pumpage will <br />not affect existing water uses during the non-irrigation season. Sage Creek Reservoir, <br />the Sage Creek Reservoir Outlet Ditch, and the Sage Creek Ditch are shown in Plate I. <br />Springs and Wells <br />Three springs have been decreed for domestic and stock water purposes in the <br />vicinity of the Seneca 11-W Mine and are shown in Plates I and 2. Each of these springs <br />has a decreed diversion rate of 0.033 cfs (15 gpm). The decreed locations for the Joshua <br />and Peter Springs are on the west side of Hubberson Gulch and are about 4,000 feet west <br />of the middle Wadge pit area. The springs appear to be emanating from the alluvial <br />deposits along Hubberson Culch. It is unlikely that excavation of the mine pits will <br />affect the Joshua and Peter Springs, because the springs are not hydraulically connected <br />to the formations that will be disturbed by mining. <br />The Olson Spring is located on the east bank of Dry Creek about 6,000 feet west of <br />the north Wadge pit area. It appears that the spring discharges from alluvial outwash <br />material from a side tributary. It is unlikely that the excavation of the mine pits will <br />affect the flow at the Olson Spring because of tfie topography and because the spring is <br />not hydraulically connected to the formations that will be disturbed by mining, It is <br />understood that the Olson Spring is not currently used. <br />The Olson Well was drilled in 1981 about 1,500 feet north of the Olson Spring and <br />was decreed for 0.134 cfs (60 gpm).for domestic, stock water and irrigation purposes. <br />The well permit states that the well was drilled in the Williams Fork formation to a <br />depth of 650 feet with perforated casing placed below 350 feet, and that the overlying <br />formations were sealed off from the lower aquifer. It is unlikely that the Olson Well will <br />be seriously affected by excavation of the mine pits, because the well is located more <br />than I mile north of the middle Wadge pit and not in the direction of domirwnT ground <br />7 <br />