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October 19, 2016 C-2010-089/New Horizon North Mine BFB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the New Horizon North Mine conducted by Brock Bowles of the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety. Frank Ferris of Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation was present for <br />the entire inspection. The weather was sunny and cool. The temperature was approximately 60F and the ground <br />conditions were dry. <br />EXPLOSIVES – Rule 4.08 <br />Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br /> A parting shot took place on the east end of the pit. The audible warning and all clear signals were heard. <br />The mine entrances and pit entrances were blocked off for the shot. All non-essential personnel were out of the <br />pit. This was the final shot for the minesite. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> Pond 001 contained water but was not discharging. The inlets for the east (photo 1) and west (photo 2) <br />ditches were in good condition. The emergency spillway was free and clear of obstructions. The west ditch geo- <br />web and rock were in good condition. The east ditch was in good condition with one exception. A large gully had <br />formed on the inside bank of the ditch in the area of the storage containers (photo 3). The gulley was repaired <br />during the inspection (photo 4). All the other water inlets from the facilities area to the east ditch were in good <br />condition. <br /> <br />Pond 002 contained a small amount of water and was not discharging. The inlets for the south and north (photo 5) <br />ditches were in good condition. The emergency spillway was free and clear of obstructions. <br /> <br />Culverts C-1 and C-13 were free and clear of obstructions. <br />