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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. This was an aerial inspection conducted by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology. The overflight occurred on December 16, 2003. No compliance problems were observed during the overflight. The digital pictures were reviewed on December 31, 2003. Snowfall covered the mine site azeas. West Mine The entire West Mine azea was covered in snow. There were no obvious problems with slides or erosional gullies. The road to the West Mine azea from the Steven's Gulch road was snow covered but appeazed to be passable, as was the road up to the West Mine fan site. The two sedimentation ponds were covered in snow. The snow layer in each pond was neaz the bottom of each pond. The two pond embankments appeazed to be stable. East Mine The East Mine was also covered in snow. The road up to the portal bench from the Steven's Gulch road was only partially covered in snow. There had appeazed to be recent traffic up to the portal bench and up to the crusher/screener bench. The road to the run-of--mine stockpile was also snow covered. Sediment ponds numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, the West Ridge waste pile pond and the run-of--mine pond were all covered in snow. The. snow level in each pond was close to the bottom of each pond. Pond embankments appeazed to be stable, as were the bin walls of ponds 1, 2, 3 and 4. There were no recent additions to the West Ridge waste pile. The pile was covered in snow but the collection ditches appeazed to be intact. There were no slides or erosional instability noted at the West Ridge waste pile and at the old waste pile. Slope Stability There were no signs of geotechnical slope instability with any of the cut and fill slopes. c:/word bowie 1 /insp 1203