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III. Comments/Compliance <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Jim Burnell of CDMG on Thursday, August 18, <br />2005. Weather was clear and dry. The mine site was quiet. <br />The Pit 1 area adjacent to the road showed good revegetation -tall wheatgrass, now brown, <br />with many seed heads. There was also a great deal of sagebrush with the grass. There was <br />no sign of instability or erosion on the slopes. <br />The road to the minesite was in good condition. <br />At the ditch on the east side of the entrance road (ditch PD-4) there was some erosion in the <br />area of the double culverts. There was rip-rap in the channel, but the channel should be <br />armored using a range of sizes of rip-rap (not just large size rocks) to prevent erosion. Some <br />erosion was also beginning in the ditch above Pond D. The same attention should be paid to <br />this ditch. <br />There was a good bit of water in Pond A, although it was not discharging. The level was 8" <br />below the discharge level. The embankment was stable. Pond B also contained water, 16" <br />below the discharge level. Willows have come up in the backwater area of the pond, along <br />with Basin wild rye and squirreltail grass in addition to the abundant wheatgrass. An <br />infestation of Canada thistle is developing in the dry area behind the pond. This should be <br />sprayed. <br />The area uphill from Pond B, reseeded in 1999, shows excellent revegetation -mostly tall <br />stands of wheatgrass with large wild rye clusters. Pond C was nearly dry. <br />Pond E was not discharging, although it contained water. The embankments were stable. <br />There was Canada thistle all over the dam itself, both inside and outside. Sagebrush was <br />growing all through the rip-rap of the emergency spillway. Pond F contained a small amount <br />of water but was not discharging. The embankment and emeregency spillways were stable. <br />At the Marr loadout, the vegetation is very good -estimated 50% cover. The pond <br />contained water and the embankments were stable. There was some of the noxious weed <br />yellow toadflax on the dam embankment directly behind the shop building. This should be <br />sprayed and monitored. The ditch along the railroad grade contained water. <br />