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(Page 2) MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1978-116 INSPECTION DATE 8/23/2004 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS This was apre-operational inspection for areas to be incorporated into the SM-18 Permit area through the pending Amendment No. 1 (AM-O1) process, and a release inspection for those areas to be released from the permit area through the pending Acreage Reduction No. 1 (AR-01) process. Boundaries of the existing disturbances, as identifed on the AM-01 maps, were walked and verified as accurate. Most of these existing disturbances have been reclaimed, including the SM-18 portal, and are in the vegetation establishment phase. The plugged vent hole area was not inspected. Areas proposed to be affected by the original mining plans that were never disturbed were inspected and verified (as much as possible) to be undisturbed by mining activity under this permit. There are many disturbances in the area, such as power line roads and poles, prospecting roads and diggings, and stock pond excavations and access roads. DMG agrees that the disturbed acreage under this permit is much less than the permitted acreage figure and that a swap of 5 undisturbed acres for 5 new acres to be added to the permit is acceptable. The area to be added into the permit was also inspected. The proposed new waste rock pile /ore stockpile location appears to be undisturbed ground covered mostly by grasses and a few shrubs. This area is adjacent to the north side of County Road U-17 and lies just above the old Wright Mine portals that are also to be added to the permit to afford a more'desirable access to the workings where ore reserves still remain. This stockpile area has one swale that cuts through the west end. Plans show that the growth medium stockpile will be located on the west end of the area, on the west side of the swale. The waste rock and product will be stockpiled on the east side of the Swale. The plan proposes to divert upland drainage around the stockpiles with most of the drainage being routed around the east side of the area, or through the Swale location. Sediment control and stormwater drainage from the stockpile area is proposed to be addressed by a berm. Demonstrations will need to be made to show this proposal will handle significant precipitation events. The existing W right mine disturbance includes a revegetated portal bench and bench outslope with an old historic ore bin. The pad is estimated at 100+ feet long by 25 feet wide and lies at the base of a 30 foot vertical sandstone wall through which the portals will access the workings. A ramp road is proposed to be blasted into fhe rock wall from the east end of the bench toward the northwest to access the upper existing pad from the portals. The upper pad is estimated atone-quarter acre and lies on the crest of the sandstone wall above the portals. It is a partially vegetated, mostly level area with some soil covering the sandstone. The proposed vent hole site was also inspected. This area is located above an ofd stope. The location is a partially vegetated area that has been leveled off in the past and has an old drill hole located in it. The existing road lies adjacent to the pad. Electricity will need to be brought to the site to operate the fan. No provisions were noted in the permit area for surface disturbance associated with installation of the electrical service for this fan. If any poles will need to be installed, and/or road access created to install power poles and lines, they will need to be included in the permit area. The possible future vent hole site was not inspected during this pre-operational inspection, but it should be inspected in the future, before it is disturbed, if the situation arises where an additional vent hole is required. Responses to this inspection report should be directed to Steve Shuey at the Division of Minerals and Geology, Grand Junction Field Office, 101 South 3rd Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, phone number 970-243-6368. I & E Contact Address NAME OPERATOR STREET CITY/STATE/ZIP Dick White Cotter Corporation P. O. Box 700 Nucla. Colorado 81424 cc: ^ CE ^ BL ^ FS ^ HW ^ HMWMD (CH) ^ SE ^ WOCD (CH) ^ OTHER Ed Cotter - S.M. Stollar / D.O.E.