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<br />(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-2001-106 <br />INSPECTION DATE: November 14, 2001 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: AI~Y_ <br />This was apre-operational inspection conducted by Tony Waldron of DMG along with Sill Trujillo of Huerfano County. The <br />site is located approximately 1 mile southeast of Gardner, Colorado. The pit will be situated along an old alluvial terrace on <br />the south side of the Huerfano River. The top of the terrace is approximately 30 feet above the flood plain of the river. The pit <br />will be mined to a depth of 20-30 feet and basically daylight onto the flood plain. <br />The site is presently used as rangeland and the post-mining land use will also be rangeland. Pre-disturbance vegetation <br />consists of blue grams dominated grasslands on the terrace top with a shrubby grassland mix on the terrace outslopes <br />including small junipers, yucca and mountain mahogany with a blue grama/Indian ricegrass under-story. Soils appear to be <br />reasonably deep on the terrace top and thinner and rockier on the terrace outslopes. There were no permanent structures <br />located on or adjacent to the permit area with the exception of livestock fences. There is an old domestic dwelling <br />approximately %< mile north of the proposed site that is inhabited on an infrequent basis and should not be impacted by the <br />proposed mining plan. Hydrologic impacts should be minimal as the site is located so as to not receive concentrated overland <br />flows. Overall, the mining plan should have little impact on the surrounding area. There was a public notice posted at the <br />gated entrance to the site that was visible from the county road. The permit area was clearly marked using tee-posts to <br />delineate the boundaries. No problems were noted and the inspection was concluded. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Drew Nierini-County Planner <br />OPERATOR: Huerfano County <br />STREET: 401 Main Street. Suite 201 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Walsenbure CO 81089 <br />cc: Jim Stevens-DMG <br />Joe Gagliano-Barnhart Agency <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />