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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />July 15, 2016 <br />Donald Self <br />P.O. Box 473 <br />Indian Hills, CO 80454 <br />Re: Double Eagle Claim, File No. M-2016-002, <br />Second Adequacy Review for New Permit Application <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Self: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) received your responses to our June 12, <br />2016 Preliminary adequacy review on July 5, 2015. The decision date for this application is was <br />extended to July 20, 2016. Please be advised that if you are unable to satisfactorily address any <br />concerns identified in this second review before the decision date, it will be your responsibility to <br />request an extension of the review period. If there are outstanding issues that have not been <br />adequately addressed prior to the end of the review period, and no extension has been requested, the <br />Division will deny this application. <br /> <br />Please note the original comment number sequence has been retained for tracking purposes. <br /> <br />APPLICATION <br />1. Item 3, p. 1, Permitted Acreage: The Division accepts your stated 3 acre limit. The response is <br />adequate. <br /> <br />6.3 SPECIFIC EXHIBIT REQUIREMENTS – LIMITED IMPACT OPERATIONS <br />6.3.3 EXHIBIT C – Mining Plan <br />2. Pursuant to Rule 6.3.3(1)(a), The operation is now considered “Intermittent Status”. No <br />additional response is necessary. <br />3. Rule 6.3.3(1)(g). The Division accepts your commitment to bond for 650 feet of road inside the <br />claim boundary for a total of 0.12 acres. The response is adequate. <br />6.3.4 EXHIBIT D – Reclamation Plan <br />4. Rule 6.3.4(1). Requirements to satisfy Rule 3.1. The Division observed the following <br />discrepancies in your July 5th response letter: <br />a. Rule 3.1.5(7). Please describe the maximum anticipated side slopes. You responded with <br />2H:1V, but you listed the average depth as 10 feet and the average width as 20 feet. <br />Assuming there are two sides to the trench, that depth and width results in 1H:1V side <br />slopes. Based on your 1,000 CY backfill cost estimate in your response to Comment No.