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11) (Optional) Please provide additional information about the Reclamation Plan: <br /> Area affected is currently un-reclaimed and previously disturbed ground. We will fill all cuts, pits or <br /> trenches we create with larger rocks first, then a mixture of topsoil and smaller rocks, capping it with <br /> topsoil only for future re-seeding. Since this ground was un-reclaimed when we found it,we are willing <br /> to work with the BLM & DRMS to leave it better than we found it. <br /> We are also willing to reclaim and reseed the old "access" road that was used during prior mining <br /> operations in the past, at our labor and expense. We are not responsible for the condition of this access <br /> road, but we want to leave the site in a better condition than we found it. The cost of the seed for this <br /> has already been added into the reclamation cost. UPDATE: BLM has stated that they do not wish us to <br /> reclaim 0.10 acres of this access road at this time-We would like to leave this number in our numbers in <br /> case that changes <br /> Unnecessary and undue degradation will be minimized by utilizing erosion preventative measures such <br /> as weed-free hay bales placed on the edge of the granite cliff and around the top soil pile we create <br /> when we segregate the waste rock and other materials from the topsoil. This will assist during <br /> winterization and as an added safety issue! Straw bales will be taken apart at the end of the mining <br /> operation and used as mulch for the reseeding process. <br /> We try to do "reclamation in process"whenever and wherever possible and have already done so in a <br /> few small areas. We re-mulch and overseed all soil storage areas annually to try and improve soil <br /> conditions for final reclamation. There is no REAL topsoil on the barren ridge. Each year, more sand <br /> comes down from the cliffs above the claim. By mixing organic material we find while mining(IE: roots <br /> from trees that burned in the 50's, dead branches and trees, certified weed-free straw)with the "sandy <br /> soil", pre-existing mine tailings, and rich pocket earth/clay that we find within the fault. This "mixture" <br /> is better than what little actual "topsoil" is present. Please note that 75%of all areas within and outside <br /> of the claim boundary that are NOT on a slope, are crypto-biotic soils,which we take great care to <br /> protect, but using only existing routes at all times! <br /> Reclamation-in-process will be used on along all single-track trails by seeding trail edges with native <br /> grass & bush seeds. That will allow a seed bank to form and the trail will overgrow without use. <br />