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Onsite water use will be limited to that required for dust suppression on roads and pads, and <br /> underground mine development. Handling of ores on the surface will be limited to stockpiling, loading, <br /> and dumping. There will be no milling or processing of ores, or tailings pond constructed or needed <br /> anywhere on the permitted area. Waste rock will be assessed and disposed of on the surface if <br /> determined to be inert; mineralized waste rock will be disposed of in a dry location in the underground <br /> workings. Surface placement of waste rock will be in designated locations on each sites' waste dump. <br /> The mine sites included in this permit are all in the Gold Creek watershed. The Raymond Mine is located <br /> in close proximity to Gold Creek. The Upper Raymond Portal is above the Raymond Mine site in Spring <br /> gulch. The other sites, Chloride Portal and Grand Prize Raise, are located in an unnamed gulch which is <br /> tributary to Jones Gulch,which in turn reports to Gold Creek. Gold Creek joins Quartz Creek which in <br /> turn joins Tomichi Creek,then the Gunnison River. Spring Gulch,Jones Gulch and its unnamed tributary <br /> are all ephemeral, rarely containing any measurable surface flows. Since adequate sediment and runoff <br /> controls will be installed at each individual mining site of this permit area, with those containment <br /> measures to be sized adequately to handle each site's estimated needs,there will be no need for larger <br /> containment structures farther downstream. Visual monitoring, water quality sampling, and addressing <br /> any onsite needs in a timely fashion will be carried out throughout the life of this permit. <br /> The operator will contact the CDPHE Water Quality Control Division to determine if a SWMP permit is <br /> required. The plans prepared for this DRMS permit are designed to comply with possible requirements <br /> of a SWMP permit. <br /> Land Ownership <br /> All proposed activity is located on patented (private)claims, owned or leased by the operator. These <br /> patented claims exist as a large, extensive block. There are minor amounts of non-patented lands <br /> intermixed in the patented claim area, but no mining-related activities are to be carried out on those <br /> lands. Non-private land is in the national forestland system and managed by the US Forest Service. <br /> Road Access <br /> The sites are located up Gold Creek several miles above the town of Ohio City,via FR 771. The road up <br /> Jones Gulch to the upland sites is a private road (though it is identified as FR 771.2A), and the private <br /> road up Spring Gulch is identified as FR 879.1A. These private roads access the sites and also allow <br /> national forest users to pass through the private land. The landowner has an agreement with the USFS <br /> for the road easements. <br /> No significant road improvements or changes are required for accessing the mining sites or carrying out <br /> the mining-related activities. All road maintenance and road use will be monitored to ensure sediment <br /> is controlled, surface runoff is controlled, and the roads are safe for vehicles and equipment. <br /> Previous Mining Activity <br /> As noted elsewhere,this permit will affect several small areas that were previously impacted by mining <br /> by other operators. Wherever possible,this operation will strive to overlay planned new disturbance <br /> over the re-usable surfaces of the old,to minimize the footprint of new disturbances, and to watch for <br /> opportunities to ensure better reclamation of the disturbed areas in the future. <br />