2016-01-20_PERMIT FILE - M2015043

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OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT Pike National Forest Puma City Mine Plan of Operations RECF!VED JAN 202016 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION MINING AND SAFETY The South Park Ranger District is seeking public comment on a Plan of Operations (P00) for the Puma City Mine project on behalf of operator David McHugh. The project is located on the Puma City Mine unpatented mining claim. The project is located in Park County approximately 7.5 miles northwest of Lake George, CO in Section 5 of Township 12 South, Ranger 71 West, 6th P.M, at an elevation of approximately 9,090 feet. The proposal is to authorize David McHugh (Operator) a Plan of Operations to develop and mine gold on the Puma City claim, north of Pulver Gulch, within the South Park Ranger District northwest of Lake George, Colorado in Park County. The Operator proposes to use hand tools to excavate a previously backfilled mine shaft. Excavations will be in the form of a trench, with maximum dimensions of 6 ft. x 2 ft. x 6 ft., including storage for overburden and topsoil. Over the approximately 20 acres that is the claim, the operator will disturb no more than 0.06 acres total. The site will all be accessed from existing National Forest System Roads (NFSR 704) and a historic pack trail with dimensions of approximately 565 ft. x 5 ft.; no new roads or trails are proposed. Once the trench has been mined out, it will be reclaimed, and the topsoil restored using the approved site-specific seed mix recommended by the Forest Service for the reseeding, if necessary. Other aspects of the proposal include protective fencing and signing to be erected as necessary for safety. Materials and supplies will include shovels, picks, small hammers, a wheel barrow, safety hats and goggles, and reclamation seed. No chemicals will be used, and fuel will be stored in approved containers and removed daily. There will be no new construction or permanent structures. No timber will need to be cleared. If topsoil exists, it will be segregated and temporarily stored, waste rock will be used as part of the backfill during final reclamation. There will be no tailings and no milling. No blasting or drilling will occur. The excavation will be no more than 6 feet deep. There will be no suction dredging or settling ponds. No mechanized equipment will be used. The excavation will be backfilled and re-contoured upon completion of operations. The proposed action description and other information are available for review at the South Park Ranger District. Additional information regarding this action can be obtained from: Amy Titterington, 320 Highway 285, Fairplay CO 80440, (719) 836-2031, amyjtitteringtonAfs.fed. us.