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Lost Creek Mining, LLC <br />P.O. Box 271052 <br />Louisville, CO 80027 <br />lgstgreekmininggDamail.com <br />02/06/18 <br />RE: Need For State Reclamation Permit:"Is It Mining?' <br />1. Bighorn Spine Lode Claim CMC# 287912, SE % Section 19, SW X Section 20, of Township <br />51 North, Range 7 East, 23rd N.M. PM, Chaffee County, CO. it is 18.8 miles by road to Nathrop, <br />CO. <br />2. The site of material extraction is public property, within the San Isabel National Forest. <br />3. We propose to extract crystals of quartz, smoky quartz, feldspars, fluorite, topaz, aquamarine, <br />Beryl, bertrandite, phenakite, and any other valuable mineral which can be located in the Mount <br />Antero Granite and associate granites and grelsens. The site consists of a saddle on the main <br />ridge line of Mount White, extending down the slope to the south. The terrain is mostly exposed <br />bedrock, and cemented or loose talus and scree, with the only vegetation on the entire claim <br />appearing in the saddle near the northwest comer of the claim, extending along the north <br />boundary line for a short distance. The claim site is extremely remote and difficult to access. <br />4. All cleaning and processing of extracted minerals occurs off site. Extraction at this site will <br />only consist of handwork utilizing shovels, picks, hammers, chisels, gads, and other such hand <br />tools. <br />5. The extracted material will be hauled off site. <br />6. There is no use of the extracted material on site. <br />7.The material will be hauled by foot in backpacks to the operators vehicles parked at the Island <br />on Mount White. The intended use for the material is to be primarily sold as mineral specimens, <br />and to be used for cut stones, or as parts of other created items for sale. <br />8. The proposed area of extraction will be in small exploration pits and trenches within most of <br />the entire 20 acre claim, which are not expected or planned to exceed one acre of surface <br />disturbance, and which are usually reclaimed immediately following mineral extraction. <br />9. We intend to follow any pockets or veins as deep as we feasibly and safely can with hand <br />tools, up to and including the point where we may be required to file a Plan of Operations. <br />However, due to both permafrost and the nature of the environment, excavations will only <br />exceed 34 feet In depth in extremely rare occasions. <br />