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Trapper Mining Inc., TR -115 Page 1 3 <br />2015 DRMS Midterm Comments and Responses, Partial Response <br />2.03.4 Identification of Interest <br />If PR -07 is not issued, TMI will need to update the applicable information in Section 1 of the <br />permit binder by August 28, 2015. <br />Trapper Response: Proposed approval of PR -07 was issued August 31, 2015 and has since <br />received.rnal approval. <br />2.04.4 Baseline Cultural and Historical Information 2.04.4(2) Appendix K of the permit <br />contains the results of cultural resource inventories conducted for the site. It should be noted that <br />PR7 currently under review by the Division adds 774.8 acres to the permit area to the east of the <br />currently approved permit area. Trapper has not submitted a plan to affect land within the <br />expansion area. Prior to disturbance within this area, Trapper will need to conduct a cultural <br />resources survey. <br />Pages 2-588 and 4-3 of the permit state that Archeological Site 5MF290 (A.K.A. 51VIF949) <br />is within the proposed mine plan area but is outside of the permit area. This site does <br />not appear to be within the permit area or the mine plan area. These pages will need to <br />be updated accordingly. <br />Trapper Response: Based on Trapper surveys and an actual site visit, Site 5MF290 is within <br />Trapper's permit boundary but outside the mine plan area. The enclosed page 4-3 is revised to <br />reflect the facts in the previous sentence, since the facts are reversed in the currently approved <br />page 4-3. Enclosed page 2-588 is also revised to reflect that Site 5MF290 is within Trapper's <br />permit boundary but outside the mine plan area. <br />Page 2-588 indicates that site 5MF945 will not be destroyed by the mining operation; <br />however, page 4-3 indicates that site was disturbed by the mining operation during the <br />1992-1997 permit term. Page 2-588 should be revised to indicate this site was destroyed <br />or disturbed by the mining operation. <br />Trapper Response: Enclosed page 2-588 is revised to indicate that site 5MF945 will be destroyed <br />by mining. <br />On January 8, 2015, the Division sent Trapper a letter regarding archeological resource site <br />5MF948. Trapper's permit Section 2.9 and Appendix K indicate the site is located in Section 8 of <br />Township 5 North, Range 90 West of the 6th principal meridian and is outside of the permit <br />area. Permit map M45 depicts this site to be located in Section 8 outside of the permit area. The <br />Division conducted an inspection of the site on December 10, 2014. The Division collected a GPS <br />point at the site and confirmed that the site is located in Section 5 within the permit area. <br />According to permit page 4-3a, the site is 3,600 feet away of the closest proposed mining <br />disturbance. Based on the GPS point collected by the Division, the site will be about 700 feet <br />from the mining projected to occur in 2016 based on map M10a in permit. Given Trapper's <br />current mining plan, flyrock and airblasts will not likely affect site 51VIF948. However, ground <br />