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MINE SUBSIDENCE <br />1. Four subsidence pits and one trough. First pit is 15' in diameter, <br />10' deep and overlies air shaft. Two pits are 15' in diameter, 2' <br />deep and overlie rooms. Fourth pit is 25' in diameter, 3' deep and <br />overlies hoist shaft. Trough is 75' long, 30' wide, and 8' deep; <br />trends WNW. <br />2. Large subsidence pit over and around hoist shaft. Pit is 80' long, <br />55' wide and 15' deep; walls of pit nearly vertical. <br />3. Three troughs. Two troughs of minor significance; one is 20' long, <br />12' wide, 3' deep; second is 20' long, 6' wide, 3' deep; both mark <br />former adits. Third trough is 90' long, 20' wide and 4' deep; <br />marks collapse of former adit. <br />4. Three subsidence pits, one trough. Subsidence pits are 10' to 15' in <br />diameter and 3' deep; pits due to subsidence over rooms. Trough is <br />75' long, 20' wide, 7' deep; due to subsidence over incline entry. <br />5. Five subsidence pits, two troughs. Three pits are 15' to 25' long, <br />10' to 20' wide, 2' to 4' deep; due to subsidence over rooms. Two <br />pits are 15' to 20' in diameter, 13' to 20' deep; due to subsidence <br />around shaft and incline. Both troughs are 45' long, 15' to 20' <br />wide, 3' deep; one due to collapse over room, other due to collapse <br />over incline. <br />6. Subsidence trough. Trough is 60' long, 20' wide, 6' deep; due to <br />subsidence over incline entry. <br />7. Subsidence pits. Two large pits, one 50' long, 30' wide, 4' deep; <br />other 50' in diameter, 3' deep. Two small pits 6' and 10' in <br />diameter, 3' deep. All four pits due to subsidence over incline <br />entries. <br />8. Subsidence trough and subsidence pits. Trough is 60' long, 20' <br />wide, 3' to 4' deep; due to collapse of incline entry. Subsidence <br />pits range in size from 5' to 30' in diameter, 2' to 4' deep; <br />due to collapse over rooms. <br />9. Subsidence trough and pits. Trough is 60' long, 20' wide, 4' <br />deep; due to subsidence over incline entry. One pit 4' in diameter <br />15' deep; other pit 10' long, 6' wide, 2' deep; both pits due to <br />subsidence over inclines. <br />10. Subsidence pits. Four pits ranging in size from 5' to 10' in <br />diameter and 3' to 4' in depth. Subsidence due to collapse over <br />mine incline. <br />11. Subsidence pits. Two pits 8' in diameter, 3' to 5' deep; one pit <br />15' in diameter, 5' deep. Pits due to subsidence over incline and <br />behind mine entry. <br />1 <br />12. Subsidence pit and trough. Pit is 10' in diameter, 12' deep; due to <br />collapse around shaft. Trough is 50' long, 25' wide, 2' to 6' deep; <br />due to collapse over incline. <br />13. Subsidence pits. One pit 45' in diameter, 10' deep; three pits <br />ranging from 12' to 30' in length, 8' to 15' in width, 5' to 12' <br />in depth; pits due to collapse over rooms. <br />14. Subsidence pits and troughs. Ten pits ranging in size from 10' to <br />50' in diameter, 3' to 17' in depth. Two troughs 45' and 50' long, <br />20' and 30' wide, 6' and 4' deep. Most of pits due to collapse <br />over rooms. <br />15. Three subsidence pits. One pit 10 feet in diameter, 15' deep, due <br />to collapse around air shaft; second pit 30' long, 15' wide, 10' <br />deep, possibly due to collapse over incline; third pit 30' in <br />diameter, 20' deep, due to collapse over room. <br />16. Two subsidence troughs. One trough 25' long, 10' wide, 3' deep; <br />second trough 45' long, 5' wide, 2' to 3' deep; both due to collapse <br />over rooms. <br />MINE OPENINGS <br />1. One vertical opening. Opening is over air shaft; 15' in diameter, <br />10' deep; nearly filled by soil, rock and trash; barbed wire fence <br />around pit is in poor condition; less than 100' from county road. <br />Access deterrence poor. <br />2. Three vertical openings. Opening over air shaft is 5' square and is <br />80' deep; barbed wire fence around opening in fair condition. <br />Openings over two hoist shafts are 15'xl2'x3O' deep and 20'xl5'x25' <br />deep; both shafts bridged by trash, earth and rock; barbed wire <br />fence around openings in fair condition. Access deterrence fair. <br />3. One inclined opening. Opening of incline is 2.5' high, 4' wide and <br />goes into hillside an unknown distance; mine roof partially collapsed; <br />no access deterrent. <br />4. One vertical opening. Opening of air shaft is 3' by 4' and is <br />about 30' deep; shaft is intact, no access deterrent. <br />5. One horizontal opening. Mouth of adit is 5' high, 10' wide, well <br />supported by timbers; intact adit goes into hillIside more than <br />101 no access deterrent. <br />6. One vertical opening and-one inclined opening. Air shaft is 20' <br />square at surface, 15' to 20' deep; partially collapsed and bridged. <br />Incline is 13' square at surface and forms pit 15' to 20' deep; <br />partially collapsed. Mayor of Williamsburg has thrown 55 gallon <br />drums in pits to prevent access to underground workings. Access <br />deterrence good. <br />7. One vertical opening. Opening is subsidence pit leading into mine <br />incline. Opening at top of pit is 4' in diameters bbttom of pit <br />is 8' wide; pit is 15' deep and has overhanging walls; no warning, <br />no access deterrent. <br />8. One inclined opening. Opening of incline is 3.5' high, 5' wide; <br />intact incline goes into hillside an unknown distance; no access <br />deterrent. <br />is <br />J- <br />-;'� UNITED STATES <br />,JO °pO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />F GEOLOGICAL SURVEY <br />38 °22'3 <br />4247(11 <br />620 JUL <br />Tn <br />T. 2( <br />1'7 i <br />T. 20 <br />T. 21 <br />38a l <br />IU, " <br />Mapped. edited, and published by the Geological Survey <br />1 so Control by USGS and USC &GS <br />q t Topography from aerial photographs by photogrammetric methods <br />.�' Aerial photographs taken 1954. Field check 1959 <br />Polyconic projection 1927 North American datum <br />10,000 Cot grid based on Colorado coordinate system, <br />central and south zones <br />1000 meter Universal Transverse Mercator gild ticks, <br />zone 13, shown in blue <br />Dashed Idnd lines indicate approximate locations <br />Certain land lines omitted in T 20 S, R. 70W <br />because of insufficient data <br />Fine red dashed lines indicate selected fence and field Imes <br />... ... CANON CITY IP O i III MI <br />ROCKVALE QUADRANGLE PGA\ <br />COLORADO 00E 1 <br />7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) !i <br />0" <br />1 °22'30" <br />SCALE 1:24000 <br />0 1 MILE <br />1000 0 1000 7000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 FEET <br />14' 1 .5 0 1 KILOMETER <br />c CONTOUR INTERVAL 20 FEET <br />0 <br />o i it <br />w U <br />7 � <br />o e <br />� U <br />F` <br />APPROXIMATE MEAN .... nIPLIES WTIII NATIONAL MAC ACCURACY STANDARDS <br />DECLINATION, 1959 FOR SALE BY U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DENVER 25, COLORADO OR WASHINGTON 25, D.C. <br />A FOLDER DESCRIBING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND S] tABOLS IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST <br />COLORADO <br />QUADRANGLE LOCATION <br />Medium duty <br />488000m.E. ­- <br />ROAD CLASSIFICATION <br />Light -duty <br />Unimproved dirt ____-_ <br />N <br />000 FEET <br />ITHI <br />000m. N. <br />is. <br />S. <br />'15 <br />105°07'30" <br />9 <br />ROCKVALE,COLO. <br />N3815- WI0507.5/7 5 <br />1959 <br />MINE DRAINAGE <br />1. Operators of G.E.C. strip mine have diverted Newlin Creek northward <br />around mine area. In spring of 1980 stream broke through diversion <br />channel and flowed into open pit. From there it flowed into rooms <br />of Canon National mine which had been exposed by strip mining. <br />After filling mine, water flowed out mouth of Corley N6 mine which <br />is 0.6 miles north of Newlin Creek. Water then flowed down Second <br />Alkalai Creek. By fall of 1980 the operators of G.E.C. strip mine <br />had stopped flow into Second Alkalai Creek by plugging entry to <br />Corley 86 mine. <br />EXPLANATION <br />MINES <br />Coal - underground mine <br />Coal - strip mine <br />a Hoist shaft <br />n Air shaft <br />t Adit or incline <br />u <br />PROBLEM AREAS <br />OMine subsidence <br />Mine opening <br />Mine fire <br />OMine drainage <br />NOTES <br />I. At mines shown on this map .ere visited in the field and the actual or potential hazards associated with them sere <br />evaluated at that time. These include mine opentiys, mine fires, and mine drainage. with - regard to subsidence it <br />should be rated trait the nap shows only existing subsidence features rather than areas of potential subsidence. The <br />latter can only be determined by site - specific studies. <br />2. The mine outlines shown on tnls map are based on original mine maps and surveys on file at the Lolorado Division of <br />Mines and the Colorado state Archives and Records Office. There may be minor inaccuracies in the mine outlines <br />either because of �naccurd:ies In the original surveys or because of small discrepancies generated during the transfer <br />of the outline, from the large scale-original naps to the present smaller scale maps <br />3. A number of shafts and aoits are shova on the map as Isolated features which lack extenbuf- mining outlines. The Id<a <br />of outlines is because, either there were no maps on file for the mines, or "cause the shafts and Adits were mere <br />prospects wnose outlines are too small to ship. It the scale of the map. Areas +round these shafts had adlts should <br />ore considered as possibly undermined. <br />4. The description of a particular prop) em area is based on conditions existing at the time of the field visit to that site. <br />Canon City Coal Field <br />CEIv <br />JUL 2 7 1983 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMA <br />Colo, BEN. of Natural RR.cn <br />AMUEDO AND IVEY Denver, Colorado <br />MINE OPENINGS (cont.) <br />9. <br />Vertical opening. Air shaft is 15' long, 10' wide, more than <br />*EXTENT OF MINING MAP <br />50' deep; shaft intact and open; no access deterrent.' <br />10. <br />Horizontal opening and collapse pit. Pit is 10' long, 7' wide, 15' <br />DRAFTING: <br />deep; formed by collapse into mine adit; mouth of adit itself is <br />H.A.H. Schlender <br />plugged; no access deterrent around pit. Second adit on upper <br />SCALE: <br />level has opening 8' wide, 5' high; goes into hillside at least <br />DRAWING NO.; <br />25'; partially collapsed; no access deterrent. <br />11. <br />Inclined opening. Mouth of incline is 4' high, 3' wide; opening <br />1 8007-14 <br />goes into hillside an unknown distance; entry of incline partially <br />collapsed; no access deterrent. <br />12. <br />One inclined opening and one vertical opening. Air shaft is 35' <br />in diameter; meets main incline at depth of 25'. Main incline has <br />000 FEET <br />an opening 9' long, 4' wide; slopes underground an unknown distance. <br />NTRAL) <br />Both openings partially collapsed; neither has access deterrent. <br />13. <br />Two horizontal openings. Openings originally 8' 12' wide; <br />south opening partially obstructed by strip mine S. goes into <br />hillside an undetermined distance; openings are ro exposed by <br />strip mining; rooms intact; no access deterrent. <br />14. <br />One vertical opening. Hoist shaft 4' square at surface, 50' deep; <br />shaft intact and timbered; barbed wire fence around shaft lying on <br />RS. <br />ground. <br />Os 15. <br />One vertical opening. Opening is air shaft inside unlocked fan <br />house. Shaft is 6' square and 30' deep, intact, concrete lined, <br />has no access deterrent. Shaft has iron ladder to bottom. <br />16. <br />One horizontal opening. Entry to adit is 5' high, 4' wide; adit <br />goes into hillside an unknown distance; adit intact, no collapse; <br />no access deterrent. <br />17. <br />Horizontal opening. Entry to adit is 5' high, 4' wide; goes into <br />hillside an unknown distance; adit intact, supported by timbers and <br />concrete; no access deterrent. <br />MINE FIRES <br />1. <br />Coal waste bank on fire. Waste spread out in blanket -like form <br />over an area of about two acres. Coal waste probably.averages 1' <br />to 3' in thickness, may be as much as 10' thick in places. From <br />1970 to 1980 the waste bank has periodically caught fire. Ignition <br />may have been caused by grass fires or by spontaneous combustion of <br />finely comminuted coal. In the past, fires have burned over local <br />areas of waste bank and have either been put out or have gone out <br />naturally. In the fall of 1980 an area about 50' by 70' was <br />burning. <br />On several occasions during the past decade unwary children and <br />pets have been burned while playing in the area. These accidents <br />occur because the surface of the burning area appears to be normal <br />and may even be cool to the touch; a few inches below the surface <br />however temperatures are high enough to inflict severe burns. <br />N <br />000 FEET <br />ITHI <br />000m. N. <br />is. <br />S. <br />'15 <br />105°07'30" <br />9 <br />ROCKVALE,COLO. <br />N3815- WI0507.5/7 5 <br />1959 <br />MINE DRAINAGE <br />1. Operators of G.E.C. strip mine have diverted Newlin Creek northward <br />around mine area. In spring of 1980 stream broke through diversion <br />channel and flowed into open pit. From there it flowed into rooms <br />of Canon National mine which had been exposed by strip mining. <br />After filling mine, water flowed out mouth of Corley N6 mine which <br />is 0.6 miles north of Newlin Creek. Water then flowed down Second <br />Alkalai Creek. By fall of 1980 the operators of G.E.C. strip mine <br />had stopped flow into Second Alkalai Creek by plugging entry to <br />Corley 86 mine. <br />EXPLANATION <br />MINES <br />Coal - underground mine <br />Coal - strip mine <br />a Hoist shaft <br />n Air shaft <br />t Adit or incline <br />u <br />PROBLEM AREAS <br />OMine subsidence <br />Mine opening <br />Mine fire <br />OMine drainage <br />NOTES <br />I. At mines shown on this map .ere visited in the field and the actual or potential hazards associated with them sere <br />evaluated at that time. These include mine opentiys, mine fires, and mine drainage. with - regard to subsidence it <br />should be rated trait the nap shows only existing subsidence features rather than areas of potential subsidence. The <br />latter can only be determined by site - specific studies. <br />2. The mine outlines shown on tnls map are based on original mine maps and surveys on file at the Lolorado Division of <br />Mines and the Colorado state Archives and Records Office. There may be minor inaccuracies in the mine outlines <br />either because of �naccurd:ies In the original surveys or because of small discrepancies generated during the transfer <br />of the outline, from the large scale-original naps to the present smaller scale maps <br />3. A number of shafts and aoits are shova on the map as Isolated features which lack extenbuf- mining outlines. The Id<a <br />of outlines is because, either there were no maps on file for the mines, or "cause the shafts and Adits were mere <br />prospects wnose outlines are too small to ship. It the scale of the map. Areas +round these shafts had adlts should <br />ore considered as possibly undermined. <br />4. The description of a particular prop) em area is based on conditions existing at the time of the field visit to that site. <br />Canon City Coal Field <br />CEIv <br />JUL 2 7 1983 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMA <br />Colo, BEN. of Natural RR.cn <br />AMUEDO AND IVEY Denver, Colorado <br />FOR: <br />INACTIVE MINE RECLAMATION PROGRAM <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br />*EXTENT OF MINING MAP <br />Showing associated hazards and subsidence features <br />ROCKVALE QUADRANGLE <br />GEOLOGY: <br />DRAFTING: <br />R.E. Marbury , A.R. Myers <br />H.A.H. Schlender <br />DATE <br />SCALE: <br />ODNTOUR INTERVAL: <br />DRAWING NO.; <br />Jan. 31,1981 <br />1:24,000 <br />20' <br />1 8007-14 <br />004625 <br />