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Midway Project Area: <br /> This area has been hit HARD by rockhounds in the past (and even now)as it is a large tailing pile <br /> created from the Midway Portal and tunnel beyond the bat-grate. They have caused the tailing <br /> pile to move down the hillside. Last year we posted the area and have been monitoring it. We <br /> have inspected the lowest boulders and rocks and the bottom, and fixed potential rockslides <br /> from happening. We added soil between some boulders in some areas and created a "first <br /> terrace"to prevent any further UUD. No plants grow in this pile due to the amount of acid- <br /> producing rock that is within this pile. <br /> It is our intent to reclaim this pile, sort it and move it to the west by 20-25 feet. This will allow <br /> the slope to be terraced properly to not only allow for vegetation regrowth, but access if needed <br /> for the Ridgetop Project Area during its reclamation. <br /> The current width, depth and height of this tailing pile is as follows: <br /> 35 feet wide x 25 foot tall <br /> 2—20 feet in depth (depending on slope of the hillside) <br /> It is our estimation that we will be moving/sorting/terracing approx.: <br /> 750 cubic yards of soil to be enriched with organic material <br /> 125 cubic yards of rock—to be used to provide underlying terrace foundation <br /> Final contour goal is... something stable! Currently it is 25 feet in height and 25 feet in length. I <br /> would like to flatten that out by increasing the width west and make it as close to 15 feet in <br /> height to 25 feet in length as possible (which I think is 3H:1V). <br /> Miners Mall is taking on the responsibility of this tailing pile and the current state that it is in. <br /> We feel that we are correcting a future environmental situation be removing the acid-producing <br /> material as we sort, as well as a physical hazard with the rockfall potential. Please take that in <br /> light when processing our request. We could leave this as is, but it is within our claim and does <br /> need to be addressed at some point. If we take the steps now to correct it, we can have <br /> vegetation growing on it within a few years. We would like to add the first application of seed <br /> this fall of the DRMS allows it. <br /> The goal of this project is to stabilize and prevent any further UUD to this section of the claim. <br /> Completion of this project are will leave the section in a re-vegetative state or allow soil to be <br /> used for other areas to prevent the need for other soil to be trucked in during reclamation. <br />