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March 25, 2019 C-2010-089/New Horizon North Mine BFB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 3 <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 />N - 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 />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was an aerial inspection of the New Horizon North Mine conducted by Harry Ranney and Brock Bowles of <br />the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Aerial photos were taken on March 25, 2019 at 11:50 <br />am by Harry Ranney. Brock Bowles reviewed the aerial photos. The weather appears to be sunny because of the <br />clear shadows cast by objects. <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 2 contained two small puddles of water (photo 1). The pond was not discharging because it can be <br />seen that the water was not up to the level of the discharge structure. <br />The irrigation pivot is at about the 2 o’clock position from North (photo 1) which is the same position it was in <br />during the last inspection. <br />The diesel water pump is in the spill containment device at Pond NH1. <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLIANCE: <br />Both access gates were closed. The office trailer, water tank and shovel are located by the south gate (photo 1). <br />It appears that there hasn’t been any reclamation or farming activity on the mine site. All the equipment is in the <br />same location as it was during the last inspection. <br />There are areas of standing water around the perimeter of the minesite and the access roads look wet in some areas <br />(photo 2). From an aerial perspective, it appears that the soil is too wet for reclamation/farming work. <br /> <br /> <br />ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS/COMPLIANCE <br /> <br />No enforcement actions were initiated as a result of this inspection, nor are any pending. <br />