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Construction of a temporary 8'x16' storage shed or 20' shipping container is proposed. This would allow proper,
<br />storage of tools, supplies, fuel containment, and `safety bquipment: `Lumber and timbers will also be stored on site
<br />next to the shed. All lumber will be properly secured and not,stacked higher than 4 ft.
<br />The portal and waste rock tailings are pre -1950 and have had minimal operations over the past 60 years. Proper
<br />clearing,' grading and stabilizing of these existing workings is iongoing in order to access the adit. ,
<br />Portal stabilization & construction with timbers and concrete for the 20ft portal entrance is ongoing to properly
<br />stabilize the mine entrance and protect from any potential rock falls, landslides, avalanches etc.
<br />Drilling and blasting is proposed for tunneling a second egress mine entrance /exit to the surface 'as well as
<br />advancing drift during exploration and mine development. Minimal surface disturbance within a small area is
<br />anticipated. Additional blasting would be to prospect for potential targets. Blasting materials and explosive
<br />magazines will be stored as per the current POO allows.
<br />Excavation would be limited to approximately.24,000 tons of waste rock which would be dumped into the existing
<br />waste rock dump displayed on the map in Exhibit E, Appendix 11
<br />Additional equipment may include the following:` a: Niton portable' XRF analyzer, EzeBreak Micro - Blaster, 30
<br />WV small generator, tool box, timber; air corripressor;'pipe & har`dwater, ore`car, hoisting equipment; overshot air
<br />powered - mucking machine, slusher,' ore car, electriCor air trammet, hoisting 'equipment, core'drills',Iong hole
<br />drills (down -hole and/or conventional), miscellaneous parts and repair kits and other necessary, and miscellaneous
<br />required equiprent. A track hoe will be used 'up to' 120 days each mining season for upgrading the ATV/UTV
<br />trail, grading bf existing waste rock, and reclamation.,
<br />There is no calculation for production for mineral specimens: as there is no reliable -way of predicting the amount
<br />of,specimens encountered. ,Continued prospecting and exploration are needed to determine any possible targets.
<br />Reclamation and clearing of pre- existing garbage and lumber is ongoing at the site. Complete reclamation would
<br />be conducted within approximately 5 years of the completion of this project. '
<br />The mine and proposed operations do not require settling ponds or water discharge and minimal surface water
<br />runoff, if encountered, will be diverted by proper, grading and reclamation. Additional covering such as 'tarps'
<br />may be utilized on any Waste Rock Impoundment if:deemed'necessary by the USFS. However, the proposed
<br />amount of wasterock after proper grading should not have any effect on surface water runoff and diversion.
<br />-Machinery would produce minimal dust during trail maintainence °& operations and - should not tarniW ait quality.
<br />Access by ATV and UTV will likewise.produce minimal -to -no dust' No other proposed activities will be effecting
<br />air quality:. a
<br />Water and reclamation is briefly described below and more thoroughly described in the attached' exhibits
<br />pertaining to each: r:r . n 7 r l , . a . =t •,. .;;:.� �_,, .. r . .
<br />1) Water will be used for mixing cement and operating a jackleg drill and hydraulic tooling such as a splitter.
<br />A 300 gallon tank will be used ti o transport and store clean water during the proposed activities water will
<br />be removed from site at .the end of each mining season. - i•: • l �' . ' l
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<br />2) 'The entire operation is on existing talus slope; backfill, reshape, and reseeding will be done as needed for
<br />' all holes, pits an`d excavations associated with mining exploration operations. Any disturbed sites will be
<br />stabilized during and after construction to control erosi6dand mass wasting, and if minimal' surface water
<br />is encountered it will be diverted and dissipate into the talus., ! f . t ;•_ .al 1,,
<br />3) There is no known discharge_from the' mine. Water permits are'currently in place with the Alma Watershed,
<br />City of Alma, Colorado and are attached as Appendix IV. j
<br />4) Stabilization, grading and seeding will be conducted as needed at the culmination of the season.
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