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Bowie Resources Limited <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />• 1998 Annual Hydrology Report <br />Introduction <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine was built and opened by Bowie Resources Limited during the spring and <br />summer months of 1997 with coal production/development beginning on August 15, 1997. This <br />room and pillar operation is currently developing a main and submain system of underground <br />entries that will provide the ventilation, haulage and coal conveyor support for yeazs to come. <br />These entries are driven carefully on projections, held to m~~~*~um widths with larger than <br />normal coal pillazs left in place to assure adequate support for the life of the mine. <br />The 1998 Annual Hydrology Report that follows, descn'bes the hydrologic monitoring for <br />surface and ground water within the permit and adjacent azea ofthe Bowie No. 2 Mine and <br />baseline data for a permit expansion. This expansion will be necessary when Bowie Resources <br />Limited acquires the Federal coal immediately north of the currently permitted private coal lands <br />associated with this mine. <br />In this report, springs, ponds and streams (including ditches, rivers, and canals) aze considered <br />surface water. Alluvial wells and drill holes aze sampled and analyzed as ground water. Please <br />refer to the permit application for a discussion of the methods employed during the gathering of <br />field parameters. Permit Map-09 (attached as an exhibit in this report) indicates the location of <br />• all monitoring points referred to in this report. <br />Table 1 (immediately following this narrative) defines the monitoring points by type and sample <br />frequency, field pazameter sampling schedule and laboratory parameter sampling schedule. <br />Table 2 contains a listing of the laboratory pazameters for surface and ground water to be tested <br />in accordance with the mining permit application. Laboratory analysis is performed by ACZ <br />Laboratories, Inc., 2773 Downhill Drive, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487. <br />Table 3 contains a listing ofthe field pazameters and their application to the Springs, Streams, <br />Drill Holes and Ponds within the permit boundary. Flow readings for springs and small streams <br />are reported in gallons per minute. Stream and River flows are reported in cubic feet per second. <br />Table 4 contains a listing of all monitoring points, with descriptions of tbev locations and a <br />reference to the Monitoring Point Table that contains this yeaz's monitoring data. All Drill <br />Holes and Wells, with the exception of DH-13 and AW-2, have charts which present current <br />and historic monitoring data. DH-13 was washed out during 1998. A 1"pipe was lowered to a <br />fiill depth of 1000' and no water was encountered. The hole was then blown out with air, filled <br />with water and blown out again. The hole never produced any ground water. It is felt that this <br />hole is therefore dry. AW-1 remained dry or damp during 1998. No Ponds have charts. <br />Springs and streams with flows in excess of 5 gallons per minute and adequate historical data <br />• have charts included. All charts aze found immediately adjacent to their respective monitoring <br />point table. <br />~~ <br />