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Notes for site visit February 17, 2014: <br />I arrived on site around 9:30. As a whole, the site is wet and muddy. <br />For nearly two weeks prior to my visit, it has either been raining, or <br />snowing. <br />At the location where haul trucks exit the wash plant and turn south <br />onto the main haul road, deep ruts have begun to form. Stop signs <br />have been placed on either side of the rutted road section. The road <br />will continue to be maintained on a temporary basis until the longwall <br />move which is currently scheduled for March 7th . During the longwall <br />move a more permanent patch using concrete will be done. <br />We started our tour at gob pile #2. The pile was frozen and mostly <br />still covered in snow. Gob pile #2 is still idle. Water was flowing <br />through the temporary pipes, but it is likely just snow melt and not <br />gob that is dewatering. <br />Our next stop was gob pile #3. Since my last visit, January 17, 2014, a <br />considerable amount of gob has been placed, and a large majority of <br />it has been placed and compacted. Overall, the pile looks pretty <br />good, but there are two areas of concern that should be addressed <br />this week, (weather and equipment permitting). 1) There is an area <br />of standing water and 2) there is a section of end dumped gob that is <br />very steep. <br />The standing water is located in the north - central portion of the pile <br />and is likely a result of all of the snow and rain received over the last <br />two weeks. At this time, it is not possible to access the ponding <br />water and two things need to happen for dewatering progress to <br />occur. 1) Good weather, 2) Fixing a broken excavator. Assuming <br />those two things happen, the intent is to cut ditches and allow the <br />water to drain. <br />The steep section is on the shoulder of the road into the pit. The gob <br />was placed in lifts and compacted in an effort to build a stable surface <br />into the pit. In the process of building the road base, a flat area was <br />created, and gob was dumped there. The steep section of gob is at <br />least 10' off of the berm protecting the 100 -year ditch (D -J3) and <br />visually appears stable. With good weather this week, the steep <br />slopes will be graded to a more acceptable slope angle. <br />Next, we walked to the outlet pipe of the underdrain. No water was <br />draining. No coverfill was being salvaged, coverfill was being pulled <br />from stockpile and mixed with gob. In addition to gob from the <br />preparation plant, a small amount of waste rock was being hauled <br />from the B- Portal to gob pile #3. <br />