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EASTSIDE MINE <br />Water Monitoring Program <br />Introduction <br />Baseline surface water quality was obtained in September 1983 with a full suite of chemical <br />parameters analyzed. Additional surface and underground hydrologic sampling was analyzed for a <br />full suite of chemical parameters in April ]984. Eastside's hydrologic monitoring program was <br />initiated in July 1984. Surface and underground field parameters were measured, and samples for <br />chemical parameters were collected as defined by Stipulation 1 of the Mining and Reclamation <br />Permit, C-84-063, approved January 14, 1985. Due to a large reduction in flow, monitoring of the <br />two underground wells and seep was eliminated. After three years ofquarterly sampling with no <br />significant deviations or variations of the chemical parameter, sampling of the surface water was <br />reduced from quarterly to semi-annual basis. <br />The present surface sampling points are: 1-Harvey Gap Outlet-Above Mine; 2-Harvey Gap Outlet- <br />Below Mine; 3-Seep below Harvey Gap Reservoir. The ground water sampling point is the four inch <br />pipe installed through the mine portal seal to discharge water from the mine if the water level should <br />rise suft5ciently in the underground worlangs of the mine. To date no discharges have occurred from <br />the mine. <br />The Geotech Well, the sampling point for the proposed location for the waste disposal, was <br />reclaimed in June of 1995. <br />The water monitoring program was initiated by Stephen Self, General Manager. Current monitoring <br />is performed by Stephen Self. Samples for the full suite of chemical parameters are shipped to <br />ENVIRO-CHEM Laboratory in Grand Junction, Colorado for analysis. <br />Page 1 of 17 <br />