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• immediately upslope of the entries. The thickest <br />saturated strata appeared along adit entry No. 4. The <br />colluvium over entries 2 and 3 show only a thin <br />saturated thickness which dries up in the summer and <br />fall. All but one piezometer was destroyed during <br />construction of the entries. <br />Three of the five entries experienced inflows during <br />construction. Adit entry. No. 4 (E-4) experienced the <br />greatest inflow, perhaps 5 gpm which declined to less <br />than 1 gpm within a week. The No. 1 entry (E-1) <br />produced a small quantity of water from the bottom of <br />the coal at a rate of less than 1 gpm which dried up <br />• within two weeks. On the other hand, the sandstone roof <br />of entry No. 1 was dry. Entry five (E-5) produced <br />drips, perhaps as much as 0.1 gpm for about one week. <br />The other two adits were dry. <br />During mining, water was occasionally encountered along <br />the base of the coal. Inflows usually occurred in the <br />structural •lows along minor undulations in the F-seam. <br />Inflow rates were extremely low and difficult to <br />measure. Estimates were made by noting the approximate <br />time required for a volume of water to accumulate in low <br />spots within the mine. These estimates undoubtedly <br />include imported water used for mining as well as <br />. inflows from the coal. Estimates of inflows are <br />-32- <br />