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• (Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-94-081 <br />INSPECTION DATE 10-23-97 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />This was a complete inspection of the Peat Mine located approximately 12 miles east of <br />Alamoea. The operation is approved to excavate 10 acres at a time in a 90 acre permit area. <br />Reclamation of the first 10 acres must take place before mining of the second 10 acres <br />begins. <br />The operator had dozed up piles of peat for ease of loading into trucks. Several piles were <br />noted on site. Two excavation areas were noted, where sand and gravel are being removed. <br />The excavations are approximately 12-15 feet deep and near to groundwater level at the <br />bottom. <br />Total acreage disturbed appears to be under the 10 acre maximum with only approximately 4 <br />acres of 12-15 ft. deep pit area. The west pit has elopes of 3:1 or leas and has not been <br />worked for some time. Weeds are beginning to invade that pit area, which is an improvement <br />over the bare dirt of the undisturbed site. Beneficial revegetation of this site, after <br />mining, may be possible due to removal of the salty crust which caps the peat material, and <br />the proximity of the reclaimed surface to the groundwater table. The east pit has vertical <br />walls that the operator was in the process of back sloping. At one location, the highwall <br />was situated at the edge of the permit area. The operator was backfilling this area from the <br />bottom upwards to prevent slope failure which could create off-site disturbance. A county <br />road ie located at the top of this elope which created both safety and stability concerns. <br />The operator is cautioned not to allow future excavation to occur this close to either a <br />county road or the permit boundary. <br />Signs and boundary markers were in place and in compliance. <br />No noxious weeds were observed. <br />NAME Ron Barrier <br />OPERATOR Mr. Peat <br />STREET P. O. Box 3 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Alamosa. CO 81101 <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />