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Site Reclamation Activity <br /> April 1996 - March 1997 <br /> Page 8 <br /> MAYFLOWER MILL AREA - Plate No. 3 <br /> There was no activity at this site during the 1996 reporting year. <br /> Ownership of this site was transferred to the San Juan County <br /> Historical Society for conversion of this site into a historical <br /> and interpretive tour. This conversion was approved in AM-004 and <br /> took place in May of 1996 . The Historical Society operated the <br /> tour for a partial season in 1996. <br /> No SGC activity is planned for 1997 at this site. <br /> MONITORING - Water Quality <br /> Included in Appendix A is water quality data for; <br /> 1) Mayflower Millsite area <br /> a) Animas River above (AR3 .5) and below (AR4) complex. <br /> b) Boulder Creek above (BC1) and below (BC2) tailings ponds. <br /> c) Monitoring wells on the banks of the Animas River down <br /> gradient from Tailings Pond #3 (EOMW1 and EOMW2) <br /> d) Diversion ditch flow between Tailings Pond #3 and <br /> Tailings Pond #4 , upgradient of TP #3 , (SCTP31) and <br /> before entry to the Animas River (SCTP32) . <br /> 2) American Tunnel area <br /> a) Cement Creek above (CC1/CC1A/CC1B) and below (CC2) <br /> complex. <br /> b) Springs in the area of the now reclaimed waste dump <br /> (ATS1, ATS2) . <br /> 3) Eureka Creek between Sunnyside Basin and the Terry Tunnel <br /> (EC1) <br /> 4) Mine Pool <br /> a) American Tunnel <br /> b) Terry Tunnel <br /> MONITORING - Discussion of Water Quality Monitoring Results <br /> 1) Mayflower Millsite area <br /> The Animas River and Boulder Creek monitoring results continue <br /> to exhibit increased zinc and manganese concentrations between <br /> the upstream and downstream monitoring points during the <br /> spring sampling event. Summer or fall sampling events show <br /> smaller or no significant change between these same points as <br /> observed from the July, 1996 and October, 1996 sample results. <br /> Sunnyside plans to take at least one additional set of samples <br /> from the Animas River in 1997 to confirm this occurrence. <br />