1981-08-20_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981038

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within a distance of a mile further north. The strata around the D seam consist primarily of shales with thin interbedded sandstones. The total in-place coal reserves of the D seam on the tract are estimated to be approximately 28.5 million tons. In 1979, the Orchard Valley Mine produced 722,470 tons of coal . Mining is now occurring in the North Mains of the subject lease area, and in the First West Panel . More detailed information on the coal resource of the lease tracts is found in EAR CO-030-7-79 and TE/EAR CO-030-9-34. Water Resources Currently, CWI' s industrial water supply for the Orchard Valley _Mine is their 25 percent interest in the Lost Lake Slough (East Beckwith No. 1 Reservoir) located about 48 miles upstream from Paonia on a tri- butary to Anthracite Creek. CWI ' s 25 percent interest yields more than 100 acre feet of storage water each year. -The Lost Lake water is exchanged to the Stevens Gulch wells via an Augmentation. Plan that has received final approval by the Water Court (Reference W-3106; Referee' s Ruling September 22, 1978; Judgement and Decree of Water Court October 19, 1978). This tract lies on the moderately- dissected southern slopes of Grand Mesa. Surface streams drain generally southward to the North Fork of the Gunnison River. . Streams flowing across this area are inter- mittent (Stevens Gulch) or ephemeral and flow during wet years or during the spring months of most years. The tract is underlain to below the level of the North Fork River by a thick sequence of interbedded sandstone, siltstone, coal , and shale beds that dip 6 degrees to the north-northeast away from the valley. The D seam, which would be mined, slopes away from the North Fork Valley and crops out south of this tract in an elongate band high on the steep sideslopes north of and about 600 feet above the river level . CWI has identified eight stockwater ponds, springs, and reservoirs on or immediately adjacent to this tract. Of the springs present in the area, most produce less than two gallons per minute. There is no esti- mate of the cumulative discharge or water quality from springs on the tract. None of the area of this tract lies on an alluvial valley floor or in a 100-year floodplain. A complete description of the hydrology of the area is contained in the CWI EAR (1977). Soils The soils range from deep, 'nearly level alluvial soils along the North Fork to shallow, stony soils and rock outcrop on the steep moun- tain slopes. 9