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CMC Response: The operator intends to restore the upper sixty(60)feet of the existing drill hole <br /> casing that extends through the collapsed shaft. The water pump may have to be pulled from the <br /> shaft and replaced before the water stored in the Wynona Mine workings can be withdrawn and <br /> used to process ore in the Gold Hill Mill. <br /> Exhibit D—Reclamation Plan (Rule 6.3.4): <br /> 13)Please describe the proposed reclamation plan for the Wynona Mine shaft.Additionally,please <br /> be sure the closure costs for this shaft are included in the reclamation cost estimate. <br /> CMC Response: The Wynona Mine shaft will not be reclaimed.Neither will the Times Mine drill <br /> hole site. Both of these drill holes will be used by the Gold Hill Mill as a future source of <br /> emergency water in case of another forest fire similar to the 2010 Four Mile Canyon Fire that <br /> devastated the South side of the property now owned by CMC. A diesel or gasoline powered <br /> generator will be installed to provide electrical power to both of these drill hole sites, and a <br /> sprinkler system will be placed around the Millsite. This fire control system is necessary, because <br /> another large forest fire in this area is probably inevitable given the tremendous overgrowth on the <br /> North side of this property from Sunshine Canyon Drive to Left Hand Creek. In that event, the <br /> water in these two mines will be needed to protect the Gold Hill Millsite from another forest fire <br /> in this area. This will obviate the closure costs for reclaiming the Wynona Mine shaft and sealing <br /> the drill hole into the Times Mine workings. <br /> Exhibit E—May (Rule 6.3.5): <br /> 14) The operator's response to item no. 25 included revised Exhibit E maps. Map E-3 —Revised <br /> Mine Reclamation Plan indicates the proposed pump station, fuel tank, and 2" water line will be <br /> removed for reclamation. However, the map does not clearly describe the components of the <br /> reclamation plan for the Times Mine adit, or the mill site, including the Wynona Mine shaft. <br /> Please include these details on the reclamation plan map. Because Map E-3 is very busy due to <br /> the surface ownership information being included, it would be helpful to also include the <br /> 13 <br />