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1 <br />' Honeywood Coal Company <br />' 1994 Annual Hydrologic Report <br />Page 3 <br />Alluvial Wells <br />' Four alluvial wells, AW-4 & AW-5, AW-6 & AW-7 were installed to <br />determine if the quality of water in the alluvium near the alluvial <br />' valley floor near the San Miguel River is impacted by the mining <br />operation. Two wells are located along Bramiers Draw AW-4 & AW-5 <br />and two are installed along Naturita Creek AW-6 & AW-7. The wells <br />in each drainage, are located up gradient and down gradient of the <br />' Reed Chatfield irrigation ditch. The quality of water in the <br />irrigation ditch is also monitored to supplement the alluvial well <br />monitoring data. <br />' The purpose of the alluvial wells is to determine if the quality of <br />water in the alluvium is impacted by the mining operation. Two <br />' wells are utilized at each location because it is possible that the <br />water in the alluvium up gradient of the irrigation ditch will be <br />impacted, yet the water in the alluvium down gradient is not <br />impacted. Since an alluvial valley floor is down gradient of the <br />' irrigation ditch, the distinction between the two monitoring points <br />is important. <br />AW-4 and AW-5, located in Bramiers Draw, were dry during 1992, 1993 <br />and 1994. AW-6 contained water during the first quarter of 1994. <br />AW-7 contained water during the third quarter of 1994 but there was <br />' not an adequate quantity of water to obtain a sample. The Reed <br />Chatfield Ditch, monitoring point R-1, had recorded flow during the <br />second quarter of 1994. <br />' The quality of the water in AW-6 and AW-7 is similar. The quality <br />of water in AW-6 was consistent with prior years monitoring <br />results. <br />' AW-3 is located within the permit area in Section 33 Creek. This <br />alluvial well has been dry during six years of monitoring, 1989 <br />' through 1994. <br />Bedrock wells <br />' Two bedrock wells are located adjacent to the mining area and one <br />well is located within the permit area. BW-1, located east of the <br />mining area has contained measurable quantities of water during all <br />' monitoring events. During 1994, three samples were obtained and <br />analyzed. The quality of water measured in BW-1 during 1994 was <br />consistent with prior years monitoring. <br />' BW-2 is located in the northwest corner of the permit area. This <br />well did not contain measurable quantities during 1994. <br />' BW-3 is located southeast of the mining area. This well has <br />contained measurable quantities of water during one of sixteen <br />~ ~~~`~J <br />