sia Reproduced at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library I 4 sore la II, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA AREA | | \ 1. Bobs Ridge (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, U.S.G.8, Quadrangle) 2. Monroe Draft ( " " W and Ronoeverte W. Ya. U.5.0.8. Quadrangle) } 3. Fort Springs (Rejected) Bobs Ridge Valley floor: E1. 2000 Ridge crest: El. 2600 and up Covers 600 feet and up Rooks massive Limestone Distance: 41/2 miles from Greenbrier Hotel Water supply: vells - good ponsibilities Monroe Draft Valley floor: El, 2150 Ridge crest: El. 2750 and up Cover: 600 feet and up Rock: sandstone Distance: ‘7 niles fron Greenbrier Hotel Water supply: wells - good possibilities 1. Bobs Ridge Site LS Locations Bobs Ridge lies about 3 1/2 niles northeast of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. and about 4 1/2 miles northeast of the Greentrier Hotel and is accessible over two-lane narrow payed roads on each side of the ridge. Topography: Bobs Ridge gains increasing height above the valleys tovard the northeast until it rises more than 750 feet steeply above the flat valleys. The ridge has a broad crest which in the selected area is an open field. | Subsurface Exploration: An old log road turns off the road ht in the gap toverd the southwest end of the ridge and ascends the yidge along the northvest side and then follovs the crest in the area = under consideration. The road is quite narrow but with a little work it should be passable for trucks for drilling and hauling water. Geology: The ridge is composed of thin bedded sandstone, chert and limestone of the Oriskany formation overlying massive beds of Helderberg Limestone, sand, limestone and perhape sandstone in beds 20 feet or more thick. Black shale occupies the valleys and occasionally has not been eroded from the sides of the ridge. Structure: The ridge is a broad gently arched anticline in which the dip of the rock is nearly coincident with the sides of the SEGREEERE ine II, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA AREA (Continued) ridge. Crushing and faulting should not be present. Jointing will be present but widely spaced and tight without appreciable weakening of the Tock - extensive solution and caves are not anticipated. Construction: Entrances from thé sides of the ridge will be nearly perpendicular to the trend or strike of the beds and will cut through each bed in the shortest possible distance. Some permanent support may be required in the thin bedded Oriskany formatinn for short distances. The chauber area will occupy the arch of the anticline in the thick bedded Helderberg formation. In the Low Moor limestone mine these same beds span openings 40 to 50 feet high and nearby 100 feet across. Care must be taken to leave the top-most massive bed undis- turbed in the chamber area to support the overlying weaker formations, A portal at either area on the southeast flank will encounter Little overburden perhaps up to 5 feet, and may enter directly into the massive limestone or may pass through a thin sone of thin bedded material. ‘The cut for the portal on the northwest flank may start in Dlack shale and thin overburden which will have to be oF cut and cover section, then the thin bedded Oriskany must be penetrated. ‘This may require some permanent support. Since both be on the dip slope, considerable care mst be taken to prevent strata from breaking loose along bedding planes and elipping into the cuts. Water Supply: Wells in the valley floors, penetrating the Oriskany under the black shale and into the Helderberg should supply adequate vater of excellent quality. The sandstone ond chert beds the Oriskany and the bedding planes act as aquifers and water from the ridges into the synclines under the vall collected and stored, i i e . Monroe Draft Site Location: Monroe Draft Ridge is located 7 miles southvest of Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, 5 miles by U. S. Highway 60 and 2 miles by narrow paved road through a very narrow culvert under a double track railroad south of Caldwell. ‘Topography: The site lies in a foot hill ridge of White Rock Mountain. The bounding valleys are fairly steep rising quickly above EL, 2000 while the ridge rises very steeply to El, 2500 and more grad~ ually to El, 2750 and above. Subsurface Exploration: Access for drilling equipment is difficult there being only log skid trails on the ridge, The drill would have to be skid mounted so it can pull itself up the ridge and water vould have to be pumped up from the creek at the front of the ridge. 2a ” CRE Eisenhower Library TT ? IT, WITTE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA AREA (contined) Geology: The ridge is composed of Pocono sandstone consist— ing of thick to thin bedded, well cemented, fine to coarse grain sendstone, posaibly containing thin shaley zones. \ Structure: The sandstone has a low variable dip and undulates across several broad anticlines end synclines in the ridge. Faulting or erushing should be absent. Jointing is present but should not be “ sufficiently closely spaced to cause difficulty. Construction: Entrances will be generally within the same group of beds because ‘of the low dips, It should be possible to locate ora work in mere massive self-supporting sones. The chanber area Should be located under a massive self-supporting zone as predeter- | fined from borings. Short zones requiring support may be encountered } ‘but usually the rock should stand without support. } Both Portals can be located in areas of thin (5 fect or less) overburden. Sound portals should be possible as soon as sufficient Sock cover ig obtained in the fairly steep slopes with short open cuts: Water Supply: Wells located in the tributery valleys suffi- ciently high in the sandstone formation to avoid encountering the | underlying @ry black shale series, sbould provide abundant excellent soft water. | 3. The Fort Springs Site, located several miles ferther fron White Sulphur Springs than either of the described sites was rejected in the field because of extensive evidences of solution of the linestone formation. Abundant tremendous sink depressions end sink holes, both netive (open at the bottom) or inactive, sone niles long and hundreds of fect deep indicate formation and collapse of great caves. Large Streams and creeks flowing from underground indicate well developed subsurface drainage systems. Organ cave in the vicinity is commerciel- {ged. Should any of these features - open ceves, collapsed caves or flowing water be encountered, construction costs could be prohibitive. Conclusion: Both Bobs Ridge and lionroe Draft Ridge offer eocepteble possibilities with nany desirable features and fow objections. = Bobs Ridge appears to be slichtly more favorable geologically, is located nearer surface facilities and is accessitle for subsurfece exploration by truck mounted drill. Recommendation: Subsurface exploration should be done at Bobs Ridge Site and should consist of one or more borings located within the Linits of the proposed chanber area and penetrate through the floor Yevel. A water supply test well should be drilled neer the southeast | portal are