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The Golden Eagle Mine has had only limited mine development. However, <br /> mine development has occurred under Windmill Number 6. The water level (while <br /> pumping) in this well was 46.5 feet below the surface. The fact that the <br /> mill is still functioning and no apparent seepage is occuring in the mine <br /> at this location indicates the development mining has not impacted this <br /> well. Additional mining at the Golden Eagle near the Purgatoire River will <br /> not impact any domestic water users because these people are on city water. <br /> Well 15 is apparently spring fed and well 16 is probably completed in an <br /> upper coal seam. Mining the Apache seam 200-300 feet below these wells <br /> should not result in any impact. <br /> Water, Waste and Land, (1981) performed a hydrologic analyses on bedrock <br /> and alluvial aquifers in the vincinity of the Golden Eagle and New Elk Mines. <br /> In this analyses they estimated the effects of mining on these aquifers. In <br /> their analyses they determined that mining will have no impact on the alluvial <br /> aquifer system. Therefore, the shallow wells identified in this survey along <br /> with the Purgatoire River will not be impacted. <br /> Since the highland windmills are believed to be tapping water in the <br /> upper coal seams and not the Apache or Allen seams, mining should not impact <br /> these wells. <br /> Lastly and most important, no water users were identified which utilize <br /> the Apache and Allen seams as a ground water source. <br /> -4- <br />