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sites and the limited areas upon which to emplace the material at the surface, we anticipate the need to <br /> cover some of the natural drainageways with waste rock. At our other mining sites we have had success <br /> with installation of piped "underdrains"to convey upland runoff through our affected areas without <br /> contacting our waste rock dumps. These systems include a cutoff wall to capture incoming runoff, and <br /> an outlet structure at a sediment control pond. We will install such drainage systems at the needed <br /> sites before placing any waste rock that would impede natural flows or contribute sediment to the <br /> hydrologic system. <br /> Any fluids such as fuel, hydraulic fluid, lubricants, antifreeze, that are kept onsite will be placed in <br /> weatherproof storage structures that can be secured, and stored in containers of adequate capacity <br /> with secondary containment. Emergency clean-up supplies will be kept at these sites, so spills may be <br /> removed and disposed of at proper facilities. No explosives used will be stored on the sites. Many of <br /> the supplies, materials and fluids used on the sites will be delivered as they are needed to the sites. <br /> The local, non-ore"country rock"that will be brought to the surface as waste rock, is granite. This inert <br /> material is very durable and competent, and is ideally suited to purposes such as the building and <br /> surfacing of roadways. There will be various types of materials encountered during the development of <br /> the mine: clean waste rock(which is non-mineralized material), minimally-mineralized sub-ore that is <br /> not economic to haul offsite for processing, and ore. Most of the material brought out of the mine will <br /> be the clean waste rock,though adequate locations for permanent disposal are limited. This operator <br /> may wish to place limited amounts of the clean waste rock on the onsite roads, or perhaps haul or sell <br /> offsite the clean waste rock generated if possible. All sub-ore will be disposed of in dry, mined-out areas <br /> of the underground workings,which will be feasible since there are available locations underground. <br /> Due to the nature of the host rock and the ore deposits,there is a clear visible difference in the <br /> materials, and therefore very little chance for mineralized rock to be placed in uncontained or improper <br /> locations. <br /> Ore from the Golden Islet, Farley Portal and Volunteer will be hauled to the Carter Mine for stockpiling <br /> and sorting. It may be crushed there and hauled to an offsite mill, or hauled and crushed offsite. <br /> Stockpiles of ore at the Carter Mine will not exceed 200 tons. Total material removed from the mine <br /> sites will not exceed 70,000 tons of ore and waste rock per year. All ore will be hauled from the sites in <br /> covered haul trucks or supersacks,to prevent spillage. Ore stockpiled at the Carter Mine will be <br /> temporary and very short-term. All ore stockpiled there will be sufficiently contained to prevent <br /> mineralized runoff. There will be no additional processing of ores at the Carter Mine or the other sites. <br /> Inert waste rock will be placed in designated disposal areas at each site. This material will be dumped <br /> from the top of the pads and allowed to come to rest at the angle of repose on the face of each dump. <br /> An earthen berm (probably constructed of waste rock)will be placed around the toe of each rock dump <br /> area to prevent dumped material from rolling and to help contain sediment from the dumped rock. <br /> Depending on underlying terrain at each site, and the ultimate size of each dump, dump heights vary <br /> from approximately 15 feet to approximately 45 feet. <br /> The proposed plan is to use and expand any of the existing waste rock dumps. Where existing waste <br /> rock dumps or portal pads do not exist, care will be taken to construct them away from drainages and as <br /> close as practicable to the sites' access roads. Prior to commencing dumping, all available topsoil will be <br /> salvaged and stored from the affected footprint for final reclamation. If it is necessary to remove trees <br /> before dumping waste rock, all slash will be retained to be respread during reclamation. <br />