March 30 2006 scout
Field Sheet 1New River Watershed March 25 2006 PIC 7
Above are the testing sites and where the pics where shot! Tap the map to enlarge it. This is new tech for us--next round we will be using larger text. We are working on a larger interactive map of the entire Cumberland coalfields in Tennessee.
TAP THIS TO VIEW STREAM TEST 1-7
NEW RIVER SCOUT MAR 25 2006
THIS IS AT
BOTTOM OF JORDAN RIDGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RETAINING WALL. JORDAN RIDGE BELONGS TO NATIONAL COAL PERMIT # 3148
JORDAN RIDGE IS A REFUSE AREA WHERE THEY HAUL SPOIL FROM OTHER MINE SITES AND DUMP IT.
N 30 12.697
W 84 19.316
CHECK OUT THE NITRATE READING
DISSOLVED OXYGEN-3
PHOSPHATE- 0
**NITRATE-30
pH lAMOTTE- 7
pH sWIM KIT 7
MILAGE ON CAR 96.4
BOTTLE NUMBER 7
SITE NUMBER 7
NEW RIVER ROAD
NEW RIVER WATERSHED
NEAREST HOUSE DOWNSTREAM AT 1329
LANDSLIDE MAR 25 2006
BELOW IS A FROM THE ROAD A MILE DOWN FROM THIS SIGN. ITS ON THE OPPOSITE BANK FROM THIS SIGN, THE SAME WATERSHED. THE CREEKS LISTED ON THE SIGN HAVE THESE SLIDES ABOVE THEM. YOU CAN TOUCH THE PICTURE AND MAKE IT LARGER, THEN YOU CAN SEE THE GIS NUMBERS EASY..
PIC 39 LANDSLIDE 2
WE SAW AND WENT TO ABOUT 7 LANDSLIDES ON THIS TRIP. WE GOT SOME OF THE SMALLER ONES AS WELL AS MORE OF MEGASLIDE ALPHA (OUR TERM).
THIS WAS SHOT WITH A TELEPHOTO LENSE. FROM ACROSS THE RIDGE.
GIS FROM WHERE STANDING N 36 09.722 W 84 25.460 UP FROM THE SIGN
THIS IS IN THE WATERSHED ON THE SIGN. IT IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SIGN ABOVE THIS PICTURE--ON THE OPPOSITE RIDGE YOU ARE VIEWING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIDGE OF THIS SIGN. THERE ARE ALSO TWO LANDSLIDES BEHIND THE SIGN.
PIC 72 MARCH 26 2006
BRIGHT ORANGE WATER AND WATERCOURSE
GIS N 36 08.957 W 084 23.199
NEW RIVER WATERSHED
CORNER OF NEW RIVER ROAD/BASE OF MASSIVE HOLLOW FILL. ACROSS FROM NATIONAL COAL PREP PLANT NUMBER 3 PERMIT NUMBER 3196
APPEARANCE OF THE STREAM--YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF.
PH LAMOTTE KIT 8
pH SWIM KIT 7.5
DISSOLVED OXYGEN TEST 3
PHOSPHEROUS-0
NITRATE-0
UNITED MOUNTAIN DEFENSE TEST PICS
SEE STREAM ABOVE. YES THE PERSON IS OUT OF FOCUS, BUT THE STREAM IS IN FOCUS WHICH IS WHERE THE FOCUS SHOULD BE.
As I suspected, that bottle with red (no. 6) tested very high for iron
(>2.5 ppm). I would estimate that this is at least 500-5,000 times
above the natural iron concentration for that area. I would guess this is
pyrite (Anakeesta-like stuff; iron sulfide) from the coal or related
deposits. Needless to say that level of iron is deadly to drink because
it bioaccumulates in living tissue and causes brain damage.