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1 <br />' <br /> because of difficulties in obtaining a reliable mea- <br /> surement with the electric sounder or due to inaccessi- <br /> bility of the site. It is possible that the more pro- <br />' n <br />d <br />t <br />th <br />v <br />r <br />w <br />t <br />d <br />l fl <br />t <br />ti <br /> y <br />pounce <br />seasona <br />ua <br />was <br />ue <br />o <br />e <br />e <br />e <br />uc <br />o <br />' spring. The Horse Creek precipitation gage measured <br /> 4.72" from April 6, 1983 to May 5, 1983. Subsequent <br /> precipitation measurements were not obtained until <br /> September 1983 because the gage was destroyed by the <br />' same flash flood that destroyed the Horse Creek flume. <br />' Wells SOM-22-H-1 and SOM-22-H-2 showed less pronounced <br /> seasonal fluctuations during 1983. This is also con- <br />' <br /> sistent with the abnormally wet spri ng and summer since <br />' maximum water levels are comparable to th e 1982 read- <br /> ings and minimum water levels are considerably <br />' higher. Water levels in the other wells in 1983 were <br /> similar to the levels reported in 1982. However, no <br />' <br /> decline appeared in well B-32 like the 8 ft drop ob- <br />' served in late winter of 1982. <br />' The other way in which groundwater could 6e affected by <br />activities at Mt. Gunnison is during the disposal of <br />waste rock and gob. The waste rock is separated from <br />the coal at the rotary breaker. The waste rock and gob <br />' are both presently treated as coal processing waste. <br /> <br /> <br />-19- <br />