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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 /> 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 as needed, and around the top soil pile we <br /> created when we segregated 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. We mix organic material found 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. Piease note that 75%of all areas within and outside <br /> of t6.o rizim hni_jnA2ru that aro WIT nn .3 ¢lnno aro rrvn}n_h ntir crilc whirh we+ta"arent raro to <br /> protect, by always using existing routes! <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 /> V■i.�ri AtGV• <br /> Ridgetop Project Area: The largest vertical offset is the west edge of the area of disturbance <br /> consisting of bedrock granite protruding above an 1890s vertical shaft that was filled with <br /> debris. This vertical offset is approx. 8 foot tall. Before operations, 2 feet of this"old wall"was <br /> exposed, making the slope from west to east at a ratio of 10 feet horizontal to 3 feet vertical. <br /> There is a 20-foot-long clear area east of that to the next existing tree. We will be removing <br /> most of that"high wall"when we expand the Ridgetop AOD under the new permit. <br /> It is our intent to: <br /> 1) Fill the 120 foot deep shaft with waste rock from the waste rock storage pile. <br /> 2) Move un-enriched soil,from waste dirt pile and support area. This soil will be used <br /> to fill and grade portal below reclamation level. <br /> 3) All disturbances will be "capped"with the Topsoil Storage pile.That topsoil will be <br /> enriched as it is moved by di-smantling the certified weed-free straw bales-and mixing, <br /> b <br /> with the soil and some seeds, as it is moved. <br /> 4) The final contour of this area will mimic the original contour mention above from <br /> west to east at the same ratio, but slightly terraced. <br />