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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1979-034 <br />INSPECTION DATE 07/29/03 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC <br />This was an inspection of the Gardner Gravel Pit, Permit No. M-1979-034, conducted by Erica <br />Crosby of the Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology. Doug Redmond of General Operating <br />Company was present during the inspection. <br />The site is located 5 miles east of Oak Creek, in Routt County Colorado. A 110 permit was <br />issued to Farrington Contracting on May 26, 1981. The permit was transferred to General <br />Operating Company in 1992. In 1998 the site was converted from a 110 to a 112 permit for a <br />total permit area of 40 acres. The Division currently holds a financial warranty in the <br />amount of $45,250.00. <br />The operation consists of a quarry located west of Stagecoach Reservoir. The nature of the <br />deposit is metamorphosed granite consisting of gneiss and schist. The quarry is <br />approximately 100 feet high from top to bottom. Mining was taking place during the <br />inspection. Mining involves removing the material with an excavator from a designated bench <br />area. The excavator pushes the material to the bottom of the hill where it is loaded into the <br />crusher with a front-end loader. <br />The postmining land use for the site is rangeland. Reclamation of the site involves a number <br />of 20' to 30' high benches to be constructed on the steep face of the mine. The flat portion <br />of the benches will be covered with topsoil and seeded with the approved seed mixture. The <br />lowest bench will be graded to 3h:ly and spread with 6" to 12" of topsoil. No reclamation <br />has been conducted to date due to the current mining conditions. The operator should be <br />reminded to start benching the slopes as soon as practical under the mining operation to <br />minimize disturbance and keep the reclamation cost down. <br />A mine identification sign was posted at the entrance to the site. Permit boundary markers <br />were noted that delineated the mine area. <br />I & 8 Contact Address <br /> ^ CE <br />NAME Doug Redmond ^ BL <br />OPERATOR General Operating Company ^ FS <br />STREET PO BOx 223 ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Yampa, Colorado 80483 ^ HMWMD (CH) <br /> ^ SE <br /> ^ WQCD (CH) <br />cc: Carl Mount; DMG (via a-mail) <br />