2015-02-18_REPORT - C1981014 (3)

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2014 Annual Reclamation Report Southfield Mine Subsidence Mitigation - Abandoned Canon National Mine site As referenced above, during 2012, the landowner, The Corley Company, had notified EFCI and the DRMS about six subsidence holes located at the abandoned Canon National mine which is situate on the Corley property. The DRMS determined that EFCI had mined beneath this area and that per EFCI's permit, EFCI was committed to mitigate the subsidence features and the DRMS directed EFCI to submit a mitigation plan. EFCI did so and following the Division's approval, in October, 2012, contracted with Kessler Reclamation Company to repair the subsidence features. Kessler completed the approved mitigation work October 23, 2012. A tracked excavator was used to first remove wood and debris from the subsidence holes. Backfill material was from an abandoned spoils pile adjacent to the subsidence holes that was believed to be from the Canon National mine operations. After trees that had voluntarily grown in the pile had been removed, approximately 700 cu yds of fill material from the pile was backfilled in the subsidence holes. The excavator bucket was used to compact the lower portions of the backfill and a front -end wheel loader was used to compact the upper levels of the backfill. Topsoil from the contractor's property was sampled, analyzed and truck hauled to the site. Five (5) to seven (7) inches of topsoil was spread on the backfilled holes and the footprint of the removed portion of the spoils pile. The approved seed mix was broadcast on the holes and pile footprints as well as the track that was used to access the site. At the landowners request and with the approval of the Division, tree limbs from the tree removal operation were chipped and spread as a mulch on the holes and the pile's footprints. On departure from the site, the barbed wire fence and fence posts were replaced and the No Trespassing sign was reinstalled. Seed mix tags, soil analysis and photos of the operation were submitted with the 2012 ARR. The Corley Company stressed concerns of wild turkeys allegedly consuming much of the grass seed that had been seeded on the above referenced subsidence areas during the mitigation process. In a manner of good faith, EFCI commissioned Daryl Mergen of Mergen Ecological Delineations, Inc. to reseed the subsidence plots and the borrow area footprint. Mr. Mergen completed the reseeding during December, 2014. Numerous other concerns of varying subjects were received from landowner Corley Company during the previous report year, 2013. During 2014, the majority of The Corley Company concerns were addressed and /or mitigated. A bullet list of repairs completed for these concerns is shown in the Introduction Section (Page 3) of this report. Water Well Mitigation The Corley Company water well, well No. 119459, recorded as being 100 ft deep, producing one (1) gallon per minute water and located on the Corley Ranch property, had gone dry during I