2010-12-15_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - P1980104

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Colorado Division of Reclamation, roject Summary Mining & Safety BEAL PLACER MINE PROJECT Park County, Colorado — 2010 Beal Placer Mine PKA-11-1195 ' USFS identifeda rare plant, Project Location and Background + Botrychium The Beal Placer Mine is a surface gold placer operation located tunes,along an 1.5 miles west of the Town of Alma in Park County, Colorado, . or leading A access road the A Notice of Intent(NOI)for prospecting was issued by the State • . Pit. of Colorado in 1980. The Prospector (Mike Gimple) did not � ,,� Theb.twas unux fulfill his reclamation obligation, so in 2003 the State of ' 4 . , ": protectedunux a Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) w ' ten foot buffer of revoked the Beal Placer NOI and the forfeited the financial a undisturbed area warranty. The forfeited bond money was used to reclaim the site during in 2010. construction The Beal Placer Mine is situated on public land managed by the United States Forest Service (USFS). The site consists of miscellaneous mining debris, two placer pits, large stockpiles south and east of the pits and a small topsoil stockpile. Pit 1 is approximately 0.06 acres in size and Pit 2 is approximately 0.75 `" Y acres in size. A rare plant(Botrychium tunux) was identified by the USFS in 2008. The plant is located along the old access road in Pit 2. The USFS required that the b.tunux plant could not be - impacted during reclamation. 40.;. � ~ Construction Summary `pa Construction began on September 20, 2010 with equipment and -4141 materials being mobilized to the project site. Work started in Pits } • 1 and 2 and consisted of pushing a large stockpile of rock and -* ~ dirt into the pits. Rocks ranged from 2 feet to 6 inches in ,.. diameter. Not enough material was available to fill the pits to s. = `' grade. A depression remains, but side slopes were blended in �` with the surrounding area. The topsoil pile was used to cover the View of Pit 2 looking west. Stockpiles were pushed into the pit and large rocks as well as ditch cleaning material stockpiled by the blended in with the surrounding area, topsoiled and revegetated Town of Alma. Topsoil cover was spread to a depth of 2 to 4 inches. After topsoil was spread the area was seeded, Biosol was Land Owner:United States Forest Service distributed and the area was mulched with two tons of certified weed free mulch per acre. A special seed mixture was prescribed General Contractor: by the USFS consisting of native species. Miscellaneous mining Pridemore Construction 2704 CR 195A trash and debris were hauled from the site. A total of 3 acres Salida,CO 81201 were reclaimed. Work was completed on October 6,2010. DRMS Project Manager: Erica Crosby Change Order #1 was issued for the Beal Site to include Total Project Cost: $14,582.00 spreading additional topsoil piles and to add one additional acre of revegetation.