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Target Area "C" <br />Target "C" is known as the "Snow Patch" and is not a target for this year but will be included in this <br />permit application. The GPS coordinates for this block are; a. 38.668398, - 106.252332 b. 38.668716, - <br />106.2510930 c. 38.669755, - 106.251604 d. 38.669458, - 106.253089. The formal target within this area <br />has not yet been identified. The actual dig would be approximately 40 feet across a headwall with an <br />average height of 6 to 10 feet as the excavator works uphill following the producing pegmatite. The depth <br />of the dig is limited first by the permafrost then by hard rock followed by the reach of the excavator's arm <br />to a maximum of approximately 12 feet. This site is on a steep slope 1/2 to 1/3 and the excavator uses <br />techniques to prevent rock fall and to stabilize the slope. As the excavator moves across the slope a berm <br />is created to catch any failing rock. Large rocks are gently pulled down in a controlled fashion and placed <br />on the berm. This berm serves as a catch basin as well as a reclamation pile to be pulled back up the slope <br />to reestablish the normal slope of the hill. <br />This target has an approximate surface area of 3.5 acres. <br />Maps A and B illustrate the Target Areas. Google Earth 2011 <br />Water systems in the mining area. <br />Water resources in the area are limited to permafrost under the surface of the mining areas and direct <br />rainfall. Normal rain and the melt from these mining areas of frozen subsurface water flow (subsurface) to <br />the tree line near where the USFS CR 278 crosses the tree line. From there it enters the Baldwin Gulch <br />Drainage which then flows into Baldwin Creek. Baldwin Gulch typically flows a cloudy white during <br />rain or warm melt days due to the natural weathering of the rock. No foreign elements would be <br />introduced to the water system. <br />