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beneficial use for stock watering purposes. This action would preclude <br />pumping the water from the mine and out the adit. Moreover, the system <br />is working very well now, with only a few small pumps handling the water <br />in the mine to lift it over slight rises so that it can continue to <br />drain to the old workings of the Nu mine. It is our opinion that it is <br />not practical to collect this water and pump i[ back out the adit into <br />storage on the south side of the mountain. The past operators of the <br />mine have reported that there are seasonal fluctuations of flow in the <br />mine such as during spring runoffs and rainy periods. This report is <br />consistent with fracture porosity in this type of geologic condition. <br />It is our understanding that water quality analyses have been done and <br />are continuing to be done by others, but they are not a part of this <br />report. <br />j '. <br />SUBSIDENCE MONITORING <br />As part of the subsidence monitoring program, we propose to cause <br />to be .located a minimum of nine monitoring points. (See Figure 4) Three <br />of these points will be along the fringes of the mined area, three will <br />be over rooms, and three will be over haulage tunnels. These will be so <br />located to get data over the shallow workings, tl~e more moderately deep <br />workings, and t}ie deepest workings of the area. These monuments will <br />be located only in those areas that have been worked since 1976, or are <br />anticipated to be worked in the future. It is recommended that these <br />monuments he monitored at least once per year, and that for those monu- <br />ments over active mining areas, that the survey take place at least <br />twice a year to obtain the necessary data, IL was noted from our sur- <br />face investigations, as well as our sub-surface inspection that no <br />evidence of subsidence has been seen over even the oldest workings of <br />6 <br />