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Site Description for the Poorman Mine Prospect (Exhibit B ) <br />The Poorman vien system is accessed via the Poorman cross -cut adit that horizontally inters the hill <br />side in a northerly direction. Rock is removed from the adit with small rail cars and all underground <br />equipment is powered by compressed air. No water drains form the mine and none of the rock types <br />encountered in any of the underground excavations contain sulfide or other potentially acid forming <br />minerals. Some of the minerals encountered are carbonates. <br />• Surface Vegetation and Soil Characteristics <br />The hill side surrounding the Poorman Mine Prospect mainly is covered with Lodgepole Pine <br />trees but lower in the valley a few hundred feet to the south, Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir and <br />Alpine Fir are present. Between these trees, the forest floor is covered mainly with pine <br />needles and occasional paths of grass. Rocky liken covered boulders are common. Grasses <br />in this area include but may not be limited to Mountain Brome, Indain Rice Grass, Blue <br />Grama Grass, Blue Wild Rye and Wheatgrass. <br />The soil cover in the area includes very thin A and B horizons but may have very thick C <br />horizons. The A and B horizon contains a 1 to 4 in thick layer of organic material that is <br />mainly composed of pine needle, leaves and decomposed branches with abundant rock <br />fragments. The C horizon is often, in the permit area from 15 to 25 feet thick and is sandy <br />with abundant large rock fragments. In places, clay is present. In the permitted area, the rock <br />making the soil cover was a granitic gneiss thus the soil is composed of fragments of quartz, <br />aluminum silicates, inosilicates and phyllosilicates. <br />• Man Made Structures <br />The Nearest man made structure to the Poorman Mine Prospect is a power line and it is <br />3,800 feet to the south. The nearest inhabited dwelling is 4,100 feet to the East. A map <br />showing these locations is provided as Figure 3 of this report. <br />• Hydrologic Concerns <br />The current underground exploration activities are far above the water table and no water is <br />encountered in the areas of the mine actively being excavated. In the last 36 years since the <br />current permit has been in place, no discharge of water has taken place. It is not anticipated <br />that any discharge of water will take place in the future of this operation. The water table is at <br />least 100 feet from the surface which is the maximum depth of the active workings. <br />The nearest stream is the upper head water of trail creek. The stream flows only in the spring <br />and part of the summer. From the Poorman Adit portal, the nearest portion of this stream is <br />575 feet directly south and 240 feet lower in elevation. During the spring, this stream has a <br />maximum flow rate of 40 gallons per minute based upon previous measurements. <br />• Wild Life in the Area of the Poorman Mine <br />Wild life observed at the Poorman mine includes but may not be limited to: <br />• American black bear, Ursus americanus <br />• American marten, Martes Americana <br />• Bats, Corynorhinus townsendii <br />• Bats, Myotis Ciliolabrum <br />• Bats. Myotis Volans <br />