INSPEC05366

• Permit No: M1983209
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 8/10/1998
• Doc Name: DMG MINERALS PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 7/29/1998
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-83-209
INSPECTION DATE 07/29/98
INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO
This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of 110 permits, and
in response to the operator's 7/15/98 request for an onsite meeting to discuss future
development of the site. The operator was contacted to arrange a mutually convenient time
for such a meeting. The operators named on page one were present throughout the inspection.
At the conclusion of the inspection the landowner's representative (and grandson), Frank
Gilmore, arrived onsite and the inspection findings were discussed with him as well.
Permit ID Sign:
The site is identified by the required permit ID sign posted at the entrance to the pit. The
sign is adequate, but nearly illegible due to fading. The operator stated that the company
name was to be modified slightly, which will necessitate modifying the sign too. Please
ensure that the required information is included on the new sign (see Rule 3.1.12).
(Regarding the upcoming name change, attached to the operator's copy of this report is a form
for "Succession of Operator - Transfer of Permit". This typically is used when the permit
is transferred between two parties, but may be used to document an operator's name change.
In the latter case, which seems to apply here, the fee is usually waived. If there are
questions about the form, please contact this office.)
The following paragraphs contain information taken from the existing permit file, and are
included herein for their relevance to observations made and discussion which occured during
this onsite inspection.
Permit Boundary and Don Quixote Ditch:
The permit boundary is fenced on the west, north and east sides. The south boundary is
defined by the pre-existing Don Quixote Ditch. The south boundary of this permit extends ~
the ditch, but presumably does not include the ditch itself, and definitely does not include
the earth berm south of and below the ditch.
Post-mining Land Use and Reclamation Plan:
The permit area is to be reclaimed ae a building site or grazing land. There is little
topsoil on the east or west ends of the permit area, where excavations occur. The central
portion is lower in elevation, contains topsoil, and is not to be disturbed except for use
as a source of topsoil for the reclamation of the other portions. At this time there is no
impact to that central portion. The site is unirrigated, but lies adjacent to and below two
irrigated fields, and lies above the Don Quixote Ditch and Cummings Gulch.
Recently received correspondence from the operator states that the site is to become a
salvage yard and horse yard. The horse yard with barn conforms to the grazing land portion
of the existing approved plan. The salvagesyard is a different land use than that agyZroved.
and should be changed through a.revision to the permit. Please contact this office as to how
to revise the permit. As it exists now, the plan states that the site will be reclaimed for
use as a building site or grazing land. If building development is not to occur soon after
the termination of mining, the area should be stabilized in the meantime by following the
revegetation procedures recommended by NRCS and agreed to by the operator.
Mining Plan and Don Quixote Ditch:
The Don Quixote Ditch was designed to run east to west. Its floor elevation defined the
depth of mining in the pit floor, according to the mining plan in the original application.
Deeper excavation was thought to possibly compromise the integrity of the north ditch
embankment, either through saturation (by ditch water or impoundment in the pit) or erosion