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West Elk Mine 2007 Annual Hydrology Report 21 <br />• 3.2.2 Springs above the B Seam in the Box Canyon Area in the <br />North Fork Drainage Basin <br />3.2.2.1 Springy 11-2 <br />Spring 11-2 is located east of Box Canyon on a hillside on the south side of the North Fork (Map <br />2). This spring is situated north of the Box Canyon panels. It issues from alluvium below a <br />sandstone cliff, has seasonal flow, and is often dry in summer and autumn. Monitoring at this <br />spring began in 2000. <br />3.2.2.2 Spring 10-1 <br />Spring 10-1 is located on the east side of Lower Box Canyon (Map 2). It is situated north of the <br />Box Canyon panels and issues from alluvium on slopes tributary to the North Fork. Flow is <br />seasonal and it is typically dry in late summer. Monitoring at this spring began in 1999. <br />3.2.2.3 Spring El 0-2 <br />Spring E10-2 is located on a hillside east of an unnamed drainage tributary to the North Fork <br />between Sylvester Gulch and Box Canyon (Map 2). This spring is situated in landslide material <br />below a fractured sandstone cliff north of the Box Canyon panels. Low flows were observed in <br />• WY 2005 and in the spring of WY 2006, but it has been damp or dry most of the period of record. <br />Monitoring at this spring began in 1996. <br />3.2.2.4 Spring 15-1 <br />Spring 15-1 is located on the west side of an unnamed drainage tributary to the North Fork between <br />Sylvester Gulch and Box Canyon (Map 2). This spring is situated north of the Box Canyon panels. <br />The spring issues from alluvium and water is present only during peak flow months. Monitoring at <br />this spring began in 1996. <br />3.2.2.5 Spring G-1 a <br />Spring G-la is located in Sylvester Gulch on the west side of the drainage, north of the Box <br />Canyon panel area (Map 2). It issues from alluvium and is seasonal with moisture present only <br />during periods of snow melt or peak flow. Monitoring at this spring began in 1983. <br />3.2.2.6 Spring G-20 <br />Spring G-20 is located in middle Sylvester Gulch on the east side of the drainage. It is located <br />north of the Box Canyon panels and east of the mine facilities (Map 2). It issues from alluvium or <br />landslide material and disperses water through a grassy area. Monitoring at this spring began in <br />1979. <br />June 2008 HydroGeo, Inc.