My uncle (by marriage) was the head guy of the Treadway mines up until he retired in the late 70's. When his wife passed, his family wanted him to move himself and his kids back to New Jersey, where he was originally from. He told them no, that Hancock County was their home, and he wanted his kids raised by his wife's family because of their good southern values.
Interesting.
@ClinchValley86 be careful with that work order. IF the cause of the pond failures is longwall mining, that means the water table has very likely been disrupted. If this is the case, then drilling a well may very "well" (pun not intended) result in a failed/dry well. NRCS does NOT pay cost share reimbursement on dry wells. I'm not telling you not to do/try this, but be aware of what possible outcomes you may end up with depending on mining operations that you have indicated are present around. The well would be a great solution. I don't have any idea how risky that is, and based on the mining, it could be a whole lot riskier than what it seems, even based on historical well logs.
Roy and Jewell Hurley had cattle along that line and when the wind would blow the cattle stayed covered with lime. With all the lime the soil is probably alkaline and as bad as acidic.
They have money if you can get it qualified to hand out right now. I checked with them for some repair funds, and they mentioned a cross fencing and water system, mine is getting old. We will see.
Look back at what jltrent posted. The county uses the mine as their water source and drilling a well is usually a sure thing and not very deep there.
Wife's brother drilled a well maybe a half mile from the zinc mines entrance and just over a 100' hit a pond of water. It came gushing out like a creek when the well drilling truck was blowing it out. At least 30+ gallon a minute.
Ill be sharing a fence line with Hurley if it does go through.
I am about 2 miles east of the miles. Our well was 580 feet deep. Neighbors hit water at 120 feet. It wild how underground water works.
Can you put some of the mud back?
Nope, in my ultimate wisdom I dumped it over a 20 ft bank. There is plenty of water for wildlife but I wanted fish in it also.
Is that from wind blowing the lime dust for 70 years or what do you think? It's possible for the PH to be too high but if you have been cutting hay it should be good. Actually having cows on it should help. Watch the cows teeth and see if they wear down faster.
I have thought on this some. Since the cattle will be rotated and the grass should be good im not sure it will do a lot of damage. The damage would be if its grazed short and they are getting lime in each bite.
