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January 24,2020 C-2010-089/New Horizon North Mine JHB <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 Y -Roads <br /> N -Availability of Records R -Reclamation Success <br /> R -Backfill& Grading Y -Revegetation <br /> N -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste Y - Subsidence <br /> N -Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br /> N -Fish&Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br /> Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> N - Other N - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> N -Processing Waste N -Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> This was an aerial inspection of the New Horizon North Mine. Mr. Harry Ranney of CDRMS collected digital <br /> images of the site on January 24,2020 via a small airplane. These images were downloaded on January 27,2020 <br /> and evaluated by Janet Bums of CDRMS. This report is the observations made of the digital images. <br /> The area has patchy snow throughout the area,with no standing water visible. <br /> HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05 <br /> Drainage Control 4.05.1,4.05.2,4.05.3; Discharge Structures 4.05.7,4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4 Impoundments <br /> 4.05.6,4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> Both pond 1 and 2 are dry with some snow cover in the shaded areas. Neither pond had standing water. <br /> No problems were identified with the ponds or the supporting collection ditches. <br /> RECLAMATION SUCCESS -Rule 4.15,Rule 3: <br /> The majority of the Mine has been reclaimed. A small area where the office and facilities were located <br /> still requires final grading. The majority of the site has been reclaimed to irrigated pasture,with a center pivot <br /> irrigation system. In 2019 the field was planted to oats. The vegetation is dormant and was left standing, and not <br /> plowed under. The thin patchy snow in the area allows a helpful visualization of drainage patterns off the Garvey <br /> field. <br /> No visible gullies were forming, It appears there and some concentrated runoff paths on the south side of the field <br /> that report to Pond 1. There does not appear to result in bare patches in the field as a result of the concentrated <br /> runoff. There were no cattle on the field at the time of the photographs. Drainage from the north side of the field <br /> is caught by a berm and directed to pond 2. No problems were noted with this drainage. <br /> SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br /> The former facilities/office area on the south side of the permit area has been generally graded. There <br /> remains a pile of gravel visible on this pad area. No building or equipment remain on site. A water well and <br /> several power poles have been approved to remain post-mining. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br />