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minor access. No gold bearing gravel or other excavated material will be transported through the River <br />crossing. <br />As shown on Map C-2, there will be a 30' buffer from the edge of the permit boundary to the edge of <br />excavation for each mining area. This boundary will be identified with survey stakes that are placed in <br />the ground at a minimum interval of 150 feet. The stakes will be a minimum of 3 feet high with clearly <br />visible color markings. <br />The maximum mining slope is 2.5H: LOV, unless the a variance is requested and approved by the <br />Division in a Technical Revision. Mining Area 2 and then Area 3 will then be mined in order. The Ditch <br />Surge Pond and the Water Holding Pond will be left in place for the mining in these two areas since the <br />Platte City Placer Ditch does not yet have to be moved. After the end of mining in Area 3, mining will <br />then continue from the northern portion of Mining Area 4, working south toward the old Platte City <br />Placer Ditch location. The old pre -law highwall area, identified in the northeast corner of Mining Area <br />4, will be mined to a slope of 2.5H: LOV to greatly lower this slope angle and allow reclamation of this <br />area. The Platte City Placer Ditch will be permanently diverted in the backfilled portion of Mining Areas <br />2 and 3, as shown on Map C-2. This ditch does supply users downstream of the permit property and <br />must be maintained. The backfill can easily be controlled to meet the desired ditch grade and ditch <br />dimensions. Map C-2 shows cross sections of how the Ditch will be diverted and then mined. There is <br />no Ditch Company associated with this old Placer Ditch, therefore, the best way to ensure that the <br />relocated Ditch is installed properly and will not affect users downstream, is for the proper commitments <br />regarding the design of the diversion are made by the operator and that the Ditch relocation be <br />constructed and inspected by the DRMS inspector and Water Commissioner from Colorado Division of <br />Water Resources, based in Fairplay, to approve the diversion and inspect the Diversion prior to its use. <br />See Exhibit S showing the conditions agreed to by the operator and the commitments made regarding <br />the construction. Once the DRMS inspector and the Water Commissioner in Fairplay has approved the <br />installation of the Diversion, the water will be cut into the new Ditch location. The old Ditch will be <br />mined out and the land will be reclaimed. As Mining Area 4 is mined out, the water intake from the <br />Platte City Placer Ditch will move to a new location slightly east of the location shown on Map C-2, <br />closer to the house/mine office located in the permit area. <br />Sullivan Aggregate Pit March 2015 D-8 <br />