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June 22, 2023 GEC Strip Mine ZTT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <br />N - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection of the GEC Mine conducted by Zach Trujillo of Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) on June 22, 2023. The GEC Mine was a surface mine which the <br />Division has revoked the bond and terminated the permit. Therefore, no mine operator remains. All bond monies <br />available to the Division were utilized by the Division for reclamation activities and no reclamation bond money <br />remains to conduct maintenance activities. The weather was cloudy and ground conditions were dry. Temperatures <br />during the inspection were around sixty degrees fahrenheit. <br /> <br />On November 13, 2018, a meeting was held between the Division and The Corley Company in regards to the <br />Division’s intentions of releasing jursidiction to the GEC Mine Site. During this meeting, Dr. Corely, president of <br />The Corley Company, informed the Division that it was best that the Division no longer access the site on the <br />lands owned by The Corely Company. Based upon that meeting, this inspection was done from a limited public <br />access point at the gated county road. The lock code that the Division once had to this gate no longer works. <br /> <br />The inspection for the GEC Mine was done at the locked gate along the county road to the site. A portion of <br />Chen’s Hill was visible from this location. From the gate along the county road, the northern face of Chen’s Hill <br />can be observed. The slope shows established vegetative growth with mature shrubs. Erosional features can be <br />partially seen along the slope and has been documented in previous inspections. Pond A was also inspected from <br />the county road. While the interior of the pond was not visible, it has been prevriously reported as filled with <br />sediment. The embankment is well vegetated and stable. Additional sediment deposition along the county road <br />was observed and appears to be coming from upslope along the old county road that runs through GEC.