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Water level in well GP-5 is useful in defining natural variations in the QR aquifer for <br />2008. Water levels in well GP-5 show a rising trend from 1993 through 1998 with an overall <br />steady level from 1998 to 2002. Water levels in this well have been fairly steady the previous five <br />years with a small increase in the levels in 2007 and a larger increase in 2008. Well GP-8 has been <br />used as a baseline for precipitation/recharge impacts on the KLM aquifer and showed a significant <br />decline in water levels during 2001 through 2005 followed by a rise in 2006 and fairly steady water <br />levels in 2007 and 2008. Mining is close enough to this well that its water level responses cannot <br />be used relative to baseline conditions for the last eight years. Water levels in HI well GP-7 (Figure <br />A-7) show fairly steady levels in the HI aquifer during the last two years. This well has been used <br />in the past to observe natural changes in this aquifer. <br />Figure A-1 presents water levels versus time for wells GF-5 and P-5. The wells are <br />completed in the HI backfill and 2nd White Sandstone aquifers, respectively. Water levels in well <br />GF-5 slightly rose in 2007 and 2008, while well P-5 stayed dry in 2008. 0 <br />The GC wells (GC-1, GC-2, GC-3, see Figure A-2) are located near the northeast corner <br />of the permit area (PA) slightly more than 1100 feet from mining activity in 2008. These wells are <br />completed in the HI, 3rd White and alluvial aquifers, respectively. The water-level changes in these <br />wells may not still be good indicators of natural recharge impacts on these aquifers due to the <br />upgradient mining. Water levels in well GC-1 have been overall steady the last few years. Water <br />levels in well GC-3 in 2008 were overall steady. Water levels in well GC-2 gradually rose in 2008. <br />These changes in these three wells are probably natural. The alluvial aquifer response indicates less <br />recharge in 2008 than in 2005. <br />Figure A-3 presents the static water-level elevations for wells GD-2, GD-3 and GP-9. <br />These wells are completed in the QR, QR backfill and 3rd White Sandstone aquifers. In 2006, <br />water levels in wells GD-2 and GD-3 declined sharply the first quarter of 2006 and then became <br />fairly steady with a large increase in water level in 2008. These water level declines are thought to <br />Trapper Mining Company 24 <br />2008 Annual Report