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INTRODUCTION <br />The Sullivan Aggregate Pit site is located immediately northwest of the town of Fairplay in Park County <br />and was initially mined for placer gold by many different methods dating back to the 1860's. Sluicing, <br />hydraulicking, and other methods were employed over many decades. All of this old mining was done <br />without any salvage of topsoil and without any regard to reclamation of the site. For decades, the site lay <br />dormant. From 2003 to 2012, Todd Sullivan, John Sullivan and JRS Mining LLC acquired historic <br />property in 3 parcels resulting in a total of 45 Acres zoned mining. The permit area is 42.68 acres. <br />In 2014, JRS Mining LLC received a 110 Permit (M- 2013-074) to mine and sell gravel from the site <br />utilizing many of the piles that were left by the old placer operations. Placer gold was also produced <br />from some of the gravels on site as part of this 2014 permit. <br />The 112 Permit of 2015 was undertaken to include a larger portion of the property in the mining area, <br />add room for the water storage ponds into the permit area which gets water from the Platte City Placer <br />Ditch (also known as the Westerman Ditch) for the 2 cfs mining water rights owned by Todd Sullivan of <br />JRS Mining LLC. This water right is used in the mining operation. <br />JRS Mining intends to sluice gravels for gold and then screen and sort materials including rocks and <br />gravel for use in the development of adjoining property, internal use and commercial sales. Rock, sand <br />& gravel sales may take place over the life of the mine. There are a variety of post -mine uses, as <br />described in the Reclamation Plan. <br />Sullivan Aggregate Pit July 2015 iii <br />