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1 Honeywood Coal Company <br />1997 Annual Hydrologic Repon <br />~ Page 3 <br />SP-5 also located in Bramiers Draw, has not had any recorded flow in nine years of monitoring <br />data (1989 - 1997). The spring was noted as a seep during the first quarter of 1989 and dry <br />during all subsequent monitoring events. <br />1 SP-6 also located in Bramiers Draw, has recorded flow during two calendar quarters (1991 - <br />J 1997). The maximum flow was 1.8 gpm which was measured during the first quarter of 1991. <br />1 During 1997, SP-6 was noted as dry during the second quarter and damp during the fourth quarter <br />monitoring event. <br />Alluvial Wells <br />Four alluvial wells, AWE & AW-5, AW-6 & AW-7 were installed to determine if the quality of <br />l water in the alluvium near the alluvial valley floor near the San Miguel River is impacted by the <br />J mining operation. Two wells are located along Bramiers Draw AW-4 & AW-5 and two are <br />installed along Naturita Creek AW-6 & AW-7. The wells in each drainage, are located up <br />1 gradient and down gradient of the Reed Chatfield irrigation ditch. The quality of water in the <br />1 irrigation ditch is also monitored to supplement the alluvial well monitoring data. <br />J The purpose of the alluvial wells is to determine if the quality of water in the alluvium is impacted <br />by the mining operation. Two 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 impacted, yet the water in the <br />alluvium down gradient is not impacted. Since an alluvial valley floor is down gradient of the <br />irrigation ditch, the distinction between the two monitoring points is important. <br />1 AW-4 and AW-5, located in Bramiers Draw, were dry during the period 1992 through 1997. <br />AW-6 and AW-7 were dry during the second quarter and fourth quarter monitoring events. The <br />1 Reed Chatfield Ditch, monitoring point R-l, had flow during the second quarter and was dry <br />1 during the fourth quarter. <br />Bedrock Wells <br />Two bedrock wells are located adjacent to the mining area and one well is located within the <br />permit area BW-1, located east ofthe mining area has contained measurable quantities of water <br />during most monitoring events. BW-1 contained water during the second and fourth quarter <br />monitoring events. <br />BW-2 is located in the northwest corner of the permit area. The well was dry during 1997. <br />