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State <br />of <br />Co,loradlo <br />Southfield Mine C1981O14 <br />Binns - DNR, Janet <janet.binns @state.co.us> Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:13 AM <br />To: Alysha Hernandez - DNR <alysha.hernandez @ state.co.us>, Mary Rodriguez - DNR <br /><mary.rodriguez @state.co.us> <br />Please scan as: <br />Southfield Mine C1981014 <br />Hydrology <br />Other Groundwater <br />Additional information regarding well #119459 <br />Thank you <br />---- - - - - -- Forwarded message ---- - - - - -- <br />From: W D Corley, Jr. <ajjc @att,net> <br />Date: Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:43 AM <br />Subject: Water well #119459 <br />To: JanetBinns - DNR <janet,binns @state.co.us >, Energy Fuels <efcoal @gwestoffice,net> <br />Janet, <br />Here are some dates relating to the changing function of our water well that I can verify. <br />In 1991 we started experiencing decreased flow from our well. We were aware that Southfield workings had <br />undermined our well. There is no face date for this undermined panel on the Southfield Mine map, but the next <br />panel west has a face date of Oct. 17, 1992. We had a conversation with Energy and were told that the mine <br />could not have been the cause of the decreased well flow. However, Energy had been pumping for several years <br />an unknown amount of water from the well that has become the NWMW. Further checking showed that Energy <br />did not have a permit for their well, and they applied for a State permit on April 10, 1991. Their original permit <br />receipt #324371 requested a pumping rate of 140 gpm, which permit was denied. Subsequently Energy was <br />given a permit #12508 -AD for their well on July 22, 1991. After these events our well continued to have a <br />decreased flow and we had to discontinue pumping. I have not found a definite date when we shut down this well. <br />There are other known facts relating to the NWMW. It was pumping sufficient water in 1991 to request the permit <br />for a rate of 140 gpm. Yet only a few years later the apparent hydrologic changes due to the mining had altered <br />their well to the point that there was no flow and the pump was removed in about 1996 with the well being <br />converted to a monitoring well. Now Energy claims that this well at the mine void depth is dry. Huge hydrologic <br />alterations certainly have occurred. <br />WD Corley, Jr. <br />- -- On Thu, 12/6/12, Binns - DNR, Janet <janet.binns@state.co.us> wrote: <br />From: Binns - DNR, Janet <janet,binns@state , co,us> <br />Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Water well #119459 <br />To: "W D Corley, Jr." <ajjc @att,net> <br />Date: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 10:01 AM <br />Thank you for this additional information Dr. Corley. That is very helpful to understand the the Corley <br />Company Well noted on Southfield's Map 12 was a well that was previously drilled in that area. I am <br />looking into this concern and will follow up with you. Do you have any record of when well 119459 <br />