2020-01-04_PERMIT FILE - M2017035

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11) (Optional) Please provide additional information about the Reclamation Plan: Area affected is currently un-reclaimed and previously disturbed ground. We will fill all cuts, pits or trenches we create with larger rocks first, then a mixture of topsoil and smaller rocks, capping it with topsoil only for future re-seeding. Since this ground was un-reclaimed when we found it, we are willing to work with the BLM & DRMS to leave it better than we found it. Unnecessary and undue degradation will be minimized by utilizing erosion preventative measures such as weed-free hay bales placed on the edge of the granite cliff as needed, and around the top soil pile we created when we segregated the waste rock and other materials from the topsoil. This will assist during winterization and as an added safety issue! Straw bales will be taken apart at the end of the mining operation and used as mulch for the reseeding process. We try to do "reclamation in process"whenever and wherever possible and have already done so in a few small areas. We re-mulch and overseed all soil storage areas annually to try and improve soil conditions for final reclamation. There is no REAL topsoil on the barren ridge. Each year, more sand comes down from the cliffs above the claim. We mix organic material found while mining(IE: roots from trees that burned in the 50's, dead branches and trees, certified weed-free straw)with the "sandy soil", pre-existing mine tailings, and rich pocket earth/clay that we find within the fault. This"mixture" is better than what little actual "topsoil" is present. Please note that 75%of all areas within and outside of the claim boundary that are NOT on a slope, are crypto-biotic soils, which we take great care to protect, by always using existing routes! Reclamation-in-process will be used on along all single-track trails by seeding trail edges with native grass& bush seeds. That will allow a seed bank to form and the trail will overgrow without use. Details for reclamation per Project Area: Ridgetop Project Area: The largest vertical offset is the west edge of the area of disturbance consisting of bedrock granite protruding above an 1890s vertical shaft that was filled with debris. This vertical offset is approx. 8 foot tall. Before operations, 2 feet of this "old wall"was exposed, making the slope from west to east at a ratio of 10 feet horizontal to 3 feet vertical. There is a 20-foot-long clear area east of that to the next existing tree. We will be removing most of that"high wall"when we expand the Ridgetop AOD under the new permit. It is our intent to: 1) Fill the 120 foot deep shaft with waste rock from the waste rock storage pile. 2) Move un-enriched soil, from waste dirt pile and support area. This soil will be used to fill and grade portal below reclamation level. 3) All disturbances will be"capped"with the Topsoil Storage pile.That topsoil will be enriched as it is moved by dismantling the certified weed-free straw bales and mixing with the soil and some seeds, as it is moved. 4) The final contour of this area will mimic the original contour mention above from west to east at the same ratio, but slightly terraced.