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EXHIBIT B: <br /> SITE DESCRIPTION <br /> The site has no existing topsoil. The ground where mining is proposed to be disturbed is covered <br /> by historically mined ore from two underground veins on the Iron&Wm. Richardson Lode <br /> Claims in Gilpin County, Colorado, 0.4 miles east off Co. Rd. 279 on Druid Mine Road. <br /> Nevadaville Encore, LLC, P. O. Box 1442, Central City, CO 80427, (303) 681-1111, attaches <br /> this site description and location map as"Exhibit B" for a Limited Impact (110d) Operation <br /> Reclamation Permit Application No. M-2014-066 with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br /> Mining and Safety. <br /> This proposed project lies within Township 3 South, Range 73 West, in the NE '/4 1/4 of the NW 1/4 <br /> of Section 23. The areas of anticipated disturbance are within the easternmost 500 feet of the <br /> Richardson Lode Claim, U. S. M. S. No. 233, and 185 feet near the center of the Iron Lode <br /> Claim, U. S. M. S. No. 572. <br /> Permanent man-made structures include Druid Mine Road, which crossed the Richardson claim <br /> and lies just north of the north sideline of the Iron claim. Druid Mine Road is an unmaintained <br /> Gilpin County Road and is not privately owned. <br /> A three-phase power line, owned and erected by Xcel Energy, runs just over 200 feet to the east <br /> of the Richardson claim's east endline. No part of this proposed operation will negatively impact <br /> Druid Mine Road or this power line. No part of this operation will extend past the east endline <br /> of the Richardson. <br /> There is a historic head-frame with a shaft house on the Iron claim. The proposed bonded area <br /> of 185 feet X 100 feet near the center of the Iron(See highlighted area on Mineral Survey map in <br /> Exhibit E) has an old head-frame and foundation within it. This structure is included in that area. <br /> No streams, springs, lakes, stock water ponds, reservoirs or aquifers will receive drainage <br /> directly from the proposed area to be affected. Russell Gulch, which flows seasonally during <br /> spring runoff and during heavy rain and snowmelt events, lies about 800 feet to the north of the <br /> historic mine dump on the Richardson claim. A very small ditch which crosses the area of <br /> proposed disturbance will be barricaded for erosion control and silt collection. <br /> No data for flow rate monitoring has been collected for this area. Flow rates are usually non- <br /> existent across the area. The water table here is over 1,000 feet below the surface, due to the <br /> continuing drainage of the Argo Tunnel below this mining district and others nearby. <br /> Water quality can only be determined when water is sufficiently present at the site. Water pH <br /> can be tested, as well as total suspended and dissolved solids. An EPA-certified lab can evaluate <br /> water conditions before a durin proposed mining operations <br /> Oett - '8 Sec ( 9 ) QO CLc <br /> Albert J. Barnhard Date <br /> Consulting Mining Engineer <br />