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Bowie Resources Limited <br />Bowie No.1 Mine <br />1999 Annual Hydrology Report <br />Coal Member of Mesaverde: <br />All previously monitored drill holes have now collapsed and are no longer monitored. The final <br />monitorable hole, DH-60, was monitored by a long tube used to pressurize the hole and produce <br />an estimate of water level. This tube has become ineffective. <br />Surface Water Monitoring Stations: PONDS <br />East Roatcap Creek <br />Fifteen ponds in the East Roatcap Creek drainage were monitored during 1999 (refer to Table 1 <br />and Map No. 4-1). Ponds were monitored quarterly for water levels and field parameters if they <br />were discharging. No water quality samples were collected in 1999. The ponds were not <br />accessible during the first quarter monitoring because of the lingering snow-pack. No evidence <br />of mine impacts was noted. During 1994 retreat mining was done under Ponds 10-1, 10-2, 10- <br />3, 10-4 and 10-11. Advance mining occurred under ponds 88 and 14-2 in 1997. The East <br />Roatcap Creek Ponds were physically intact throughout 1999 and showed no subsidence effects. <br />West Roatcap Creek <br />Two ponds in the West Roatcap Creek drainage (refer to Table 1 and Map No. 4-1) were <br />monitored during 1999. The ponds were monitored quarterly for water levels and field <br />parameters if they were discharging. The ponds were not accessible during the first quarter <br />monitoring because of the lingering snow-pack. No evidence of mine impacts were noted. The <br />West Roatcap Creek ponds were physically intact throughout 1999 and showed no subsidence <br />effects. <br />Steven's Gulch <br />Five ponds were monitored within the Steven's Gulch drainage (refer to Table 5 and Map No. 4- <br />1). Ponds 85 and 13-7 were monitored quarterly for water levels and field parameters. Pond 85 <br />was undermined by Panel B in 1992. Pond 13-7 was also undermined during 1992. No <br />subsidence impacts or other irregularities were evident at either of these locations during 1999. <br />Conclusion <br />Hydrologic monitoring was extended into the northern portion of the East Roatcap Creek <br />drainage during 1993 to fit newly acquved lease areas and revised mine plans. Mining <br />operations were suspended during December 1997 and have not resumed. Hydrologic <br />monitoring conducted during 1999 did not show mine related impacts to the local hydrology <br />were occurring. All of the monitored locations exhibited characteristics and patterns similar to <br />previously observed data. Water quality remains good overall and no physical impacts have <br />been noted at any of the monitored locations that would suggest adverse effects associated with <br />the mining operations of the Bowie No. 1 Mine. <br /> <br />Page 8 <br />