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A sump pump continues to be utilized for controlling water in the pit. The ' sump located in the northeast comer of the main pit was noted to contain water. Although at the time of inspection, no visible seepage into the sump ' could be detected. It is generally assumed that the sump is locally lowering the groundwater in advance of the main pit floor. Borehole DH-03-01 from ' the 2003 geotechnical investigation is approximately 200 feet west of the :sump, and was noted during this investigation to have groundwater at a iiepth 1-foot below the existing ground surface (6,340 feet). 3) An the 2004 report, the rock mass in the southern expansion area was noted as more massive with fewer discernable foliation surfaces than the rock exposed in the main pit of the quarry. More importantly, the foliation surfaces measured in the expansion area between the elevations of 6,990 ' to 7,075 feet, in general had a different overall orientation than the dominant foliation that has been mapped within the middle level and main ' pit of the quarry. On average, this foliation set (F-2) was shown to dip 17° to the southwest, as opposed to the 37° dipping south-southeast oriented ' foliation set (F-1) located in the rest of the quarry. In evaluating the merged dataset for the southern expansion area using both the 2004 and 2005 ' data, the average dip of foliation F-2 is 25° to the southwest. ' 4) During the current investigation, an occasional foliation was measured that dips to the north between 38° and 52°. The data collected reflecting this ' northerly dip was mainly obtained from the expansion area of the quarry from the temporary walls (Figure 2). ' S) The rock mass exposed in the middle level of the quarry continues to have ' - a higher fracture density and be more weathered than the rock excavated in the main pit (Photo 8). Iron oxide staining is common on many of the joint ' surfaces. -t~-