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September 16,2013 C-1981-008/New Horizon Mine MLT <br /> FISH and WILDLIFE—Rule 4.18: <br /> • A gaggle of geese was settled down on the reclaimed slope northwest of Pond 007. <br /> HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br /> Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures <br /> 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br /> Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage—Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments <br /> 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> • The area received significant precipitation during the previous weekend. The station at the <br /> mine office recorded 0.83 inches on Sept. 14. <br /> • The rainfall data,which is collected in 15-minute intervals, clearly identifies several intense <br /> bursts of rain that occurred during the day: 0.44 inches fell between 6:00 and 9:15 a.m.; 0.17 <br /> inches between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m.; and 0.17 inches between 4:45 and 6:45 p.m. <br /> • The CCC Ditch water was brown in color due to the recent rains (Photo 2), as was the San <br /> Miguel River. <br /> Ponds <br /> • Each one of the ponds held water, including those which have been dry during recent <br /> inspections. <br /> • Pond 007 was discharging. CO2 canisters were on site and in operation. <br /> • At Pond 008, the water level had risen to nearly the top of the concrete box that houses the <br /> weephole valves. No discharge was occurring (Photo 3). <br /> • Water in Pond 009 was brown in color, and covered the western two-thirds of the pond floor <br /> (Photo 4). <br /> • Pond 011 received runoff from the Morgan property, although of insufficient quantity to <br /> cause a discharge to occur. The pond inslopes are well vegetated, and the pond side of the <br /> emergency spillway was clear (Photo 5). A number of tumbleweeds had collected at the <br /> emergency spillway discharge and in the ditch that carries flow away. The ditch should be <br /> cleared of the weeds. <br /> • Shallow water covered the entire floor of Pond 012 (Photo 6). Significant erosion occurred <br /> around the half-pipe rundown at the pond's northwest corner(Photo 7). The banks are <br /> reasonably well vegetated, and appear to be stable. <br /> • Pond 013 was discharging at approximately 0.88 cfs. No water was being pumped from <br /> Tuttle Draw into the pond; rather, two four-inch HDPE lines were bringing in water <br /> (precipitation run-off) that had accumulated in the backfilled pit, near the water tank(Photo <br /> 8). <br /> • Even Pond 015 was holding a small amount of water(Photo 9). It appeared that most of the <br /> water was a result of rain that had fallen directly into or immediately upslope of the pond. <br /> Now that mining has been completed, no disturbed areas actually drain to Pond 015. We <br /> discussed that grading the collection ditch C27 (Photo 10) and backfilling the pond might be <br /> appropriate in the near future. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: I Page 3 of 14 <br />