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Interim reclamation is planned for the area of the two in-channel retention ponds located <br /> in the north portion of the Scott Blue II claim. This area may be excavated again in the <br /> future after the necessary permits are obtained and another amendment is filed with the <br /> Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety. <br /> Approximately 6,000 cubic yards of stockpiled tailings, clay substrate and some ore are <br /> currently stored in the southern portion of the claim. It is estimated that at least half of <br /> this gravel material will be needed to refill the two retention ponds to near normal land <br /> contours. The northernmost retention pond has been partially refilled over the years with <br /> silt generated upstream and deposited in the ponds, with the deepest part of this pond <br /> approximately 8 feet deep. The lower retention pond ("Existing Holding Pond" on the <br /> original Scott Blue Mine Map), is only about one to two feet deep at this time. This <br /> interim reclamation work will take place during the summer or fall of 2018 or in 2019, <br /> but only after all work is completed in the 30 foot expanded permit area. The ponds will <br /> need to be dry, to prevent overtopping and erosion of the surrounding areas. The area of <br /> the former ponds will be sloped gently toward the west to the existing stormwater <br /> drainage channel which is part of the headwaters of Cripple Creek. <br /> The goal is to return the permit area to near normal land contours, with the surface gently <br /> sloping toward the west as described above. Off-site snow melt and stormwater run-off <br /> will either seep into the ground, be directed through the existing spillway to the existing <br /> channel to the west on private land, or snow melt flowing along the east claim boundary <br /> will be diverted around the property by the berm along the north and east claim <br /> boundaries, as depicted on the Scott Blue 2 Drainage and Security Map originally <br /> submitted with this application amendment. <br /> Precipitation falling within the permit area will soak into the ground in the area where the <br /> retention ponds were refilled with tailings. Snow melt may accumulate in the bottom of <br /> the two small settling ponds, where this water will seep into the pond bottoms. There is a <br /> permit in place to cover incidental discharge of water coming from the stockpiles. The <br /> final slope of the interim reclamation area and of the stockpiles of ore and tailings will <br /> not exceed 3:1 <br /> 8. Submit cross sections of final topography. <br /> Mining under this amendment is limited to future small test runs of alluvial material <br /> located near the trommel, removal of ore from stockpiles and reclamation of the two <br /> ponds. <br /> See Mining/Final Topography Profiles. <br /> Darden Engineering, INC provided these profiles (Exhibit #2) from Google Earth <br /> photography. The cross sections below each photograph depict the changes in elevation <br /> within, and 30 feet adjacent, to the permit boundary. Currently, the permitted area has a <br /> slope of approximately 4:1. During interim reclamation under this amendment, gentle <br /> sloping to the west for drainage, and removal of ore from stockpiles, the slope will <br /> remain as depicted. <br /> 4 <br />