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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />October 6, 2014 <br />Tonia M. Perkins, P.E. <br />Trapper Mining, Inc <br />P.O. Box 187 <br />Craig, CO 81626 <br />RE: Trapper Mining, Inc., Permit C- 1981 -010 <br />3'd Quarter 2014 - Horse Gulch Fill Quarterly Inspection Report <br />Dear Ms. Perkins: <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety ( CDRMS) has reviewed and found the above <br />referenced report to be in general compliance with the following CDRMS regulations: <br />4.09. ](11) (a) Inspected at least quarterly by a reregistered engineer or other qualified professional <br />specialist in construction of earth and rockfill embankments under the direction of a <br />qualified engineer throughout the construction. <br />The certified report covers the third quarter monitoring period from July to September of <br />2014, and the inspections were conducted by yourself, a certified engineer. <br />4.09. ](1]) (b) Provide to the Division a certified report within 2 weeks after each inspection that the fill <br />has been constructed as specified in the design approved by the Division. The report <br />shall include a description of any appearances of instability, structural weakness, and <br />other hazardous conditions. <br />The inspection was conducted on September 26, 2014. The Division received the report <br />on October 3rd, 2014. No instability, structural weakness, or other hazardous conditions <br />were noted during this inspection of the fill. The area where cracks were detected on the <br />top south portion of the fill during the first quarter of 2013 was inspected and no <br />additional cracks were observed. Other areas were differential settling has been observed <br />in the past was inspected and it did appear that the north site had settled a bit more; <br />however, signs of bulging at the toe or any cracking were not observed. The spring that <br />was discovered during the third quarter of 2011 was not flowing at the time of the <br />inspection. <br />OF cOG0 <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us I <br />John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director * 1876 <br />