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MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD 110(2)ANNUAL REPORT <br /> For Season 2013 <br /> GLACIER PEAK MINING <br /> PERMIT NO. M-2003-030 <br /> Prepared: 24 March 2014 <br /> Submitted: 29 May 2014 <br /> Summary: <br /> Glacier Peak Mining LLC operated mechanized equipment on the Smoky Hawk and Elk Horn <br /> mining claims from 3 June through 31 July in Teller County,Colorado,to produce amazonite, <br /> smoky quartz,fluorite, goethite,and other crystallized mineral specimens. We operated equipment <br /> 33 days on Glacier Peak claims. The other days,the equipment was idle due to mechanical failure, <br /> Sunday,or operations on other mining claims. Equipment included a John Deere 992 and a 690 <br /> track hoe. Additionally,a water container was brought on site as well as maintenance equipment. <br /> Continued active claim jumping and unauthorized digging is occurring. <br /> Map Depicting Operations: <br /> Attached is a map showing the five claims covered under this permit. The fifteen proposed and <br /> active excavation sites covered by this permit are shown by the letters A through Q and are <br /> indicated with rectangular boxes. An orange area within a rectangular box indicates an open <br /> excavation where work will resume this season(2014). Presently,there is one open excavation, Site <br /> C,on the Smoky Hawk. A blue shaded box indicates a reclaimed area of one year or with less than <br /> 80 percent growth. A green shaded box shows areas that have been mined, reclaimed, and have 80 <br /> percent or better growth. <br /> Current Disturbances(2013): <br /> During 2013, Site C was excavated an additional 0.25 acre to approximately 0.92 acre. There was <br /> no other new disturbance elsewhere. Total disturbance not reclaimed and not counting roads is 0.92 <br /> ac. <br /> Reclamation Accomplished to Date&cluding 2013 Reclamation): <br /> A total of 2.91 acres has been reclaimed since this operation began in 2003.No additional sites were <br /> reclaimed during 2013 since mining was limited to a single site. <br />