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surface disturbances. Please refer to the Mining Plan Maps in Exhibit E for the relative locations of all <br /> the four sites,the roads, and drainages. <br /> The Carter Mine portal is near Gold Creek;the other four sites are several hundred feet higher in <br /> elevation. The Carter Mine portal is the only site which has a mine discharge; it is piped to an existing <br /> sediment pond on the site. The sediment pond was constructed in 1984 from the country rock which <br /> originated from construction of the workings of the Carter Mine. The rock is benign,with a neutral pH <br /> and buffering capacity, and exhibits no mineral staining. The discharge water in the pond is allowed to <br /> percolate into the waste rock pad, and then enters Gold Creek. <br /> The applicant has been carrying out water quality sampling in Gold Creek to establish a baseline of water <br /> quality conditions. Surface water is sampled in Gold Creek above the pad and portal area and below the <br /> pad and portal area, as well as at the discharging portal. This sampling has been carried out quarterly, <br /> and sent to an outside lab for analyses. Previous permitted operators also carried out their own <br /> sampling; records of those analyses are available and additionally help to demonstrate that the water <br /> does not suffer significant adverse impacts from the prior mining. Please see Exhibit B for further <br /> hydrologic information. <br /> Mining activities will generally follow the following sequence: <br /> 1. Ensure that safe vehicle roadways are re-established to each site, taking into consideration <br /> drainage control and slope stability. <br /> 2. Delineate and mark permit boundaries at each site; post safety signs and permit ID signs at each <br /> site. <br /> 3. Reopen portals and raise openings, and install temporary or permanent safeguard structures. <br /> 4. Install upland drainage diversions and/or pad berm as necessary to control runoff and sediment. <br /> 5. Construct level working pad areas, including safety berms. <br /> 6. Delineate designated areas for equipment, storage, ore stockpiles,waste rock and topsoil. <br /> 7. Commence rehabilitation of underground workings. <br /> 8. Initiate mining activity, including stockpiling and hauling of ore. <br /> Equipment to be used for site development, underground rehabilitation, and mining may include: <br /> bulldozers,wheeled loaders,tracked excavators, dump trucks, articulated haul trucks,water trucks, <br /> welding rigs, portable crushers, compressors, diesel generators, and ore sorters. <br /> Temporary structures may be placed at any of the permitted sites as needed, including steel "zircon" <br /> shipping containers, trailers, double-walled tanks, storage sheds on skids and portable toilets. The <br /> containers and trailers would serve as onsite offices, ands the tanks would serve as fluid storage. <br /> The landowner of the sites to be affected requires that all underground openings be made safe <br /> throughout the duration of mining, as well as left with a lockable, durable steel and concrete entry <br /> structure at the time of final reclamation. It is the operator's intent to construct such a structure at each <br /> opening during the early stages of the mining,to attain the necessary security and stability as well as a <br /> structure conforming to the landowner's wishes. <br /> The mountainous setting of the proposed sites is such that most are somewhat located in the proximity <br /> of natural drainageways. Our work will begin by clearing underground openings and reconstructing the <br /> entries. Then as further material is brought to the surface during rehabilitation and development,we <br /> will permanently place this material in stable waste rock areas at the sites. Due to the terrain at the <br />