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The operation will use no chemicals and will only segregate minor amounts of silt and <br /> clay long enough to settle it out in the gravel and in the pond. The ultimate goal will <br /> be to assure there is no connection to surface water of any sediment or turbidity. <br /> Should any be observed, the operation will shut down immediately to correct the <br /> problem. <br /> There will be no impounded water so no danger of dam failure exists. Ground water <br /> will flow as it always has at this stage. It will only be collected briefly in the pond <br /> which will act like a sump with the water flowing through the subsurface of the old <br /> wash panels for a discharge and percolation. They will not incur more disturbance, <br /> but will act as a surge feature during storm events. <br /> The project is simply a reprocessing of a placer gold deposit in gravel. The will be no <br /> acid rock drainage or toxic chemicals on site. The gravel will be sized by a revolving <br /> screen (trommel) and run through a sluice for gold recovery. Only gold will be <br /> recovered and any washed gravel removed will be used on site as needed with no <br /> commercial sales. <br /> There will be no milling on site and the ponds are only silt/sediment ponds. <br /> Long Term Mine Plan and Property Reclamation <br /> If this plan is successful, then the next step will be to expand to the next block <br /> upstream to the edge of the property and expand the permit. Once that has been mined <br /> and reclaimed then a new stream channel will be built in the reclaimed ground and the <br /> current stream be moved into it. Then to finish the block, the old ditch channel and <br /> adjacent piles will be mined and reclaimed. <br /> The very last step in this will be to trench across the bottom of the block and place a <br /> groundwater impediment out of either compaction or a synthetic liner that will pool <br /> the groundwater up in the reclaimed ground just under the reclaimed block surface to <br /> restore the riparian environment. The only surface water exposed will be the stream <br /> channel. This will have to be done in the late fall at a point of the least amount of <br /> water in the system. After reclamation of this mine, another block will be chosen, <br /> permitted, mined and reclaimed until all 50 acres are reclaimed.All of this will <br /> depend on gold grade, groundwater, gravel porosity, and clay content. <br />