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ti • <br />~ MINE ID ~ OR PROSPECTING ID ~ <br />INSPECTION DATE July 7, 1995 <br />(Page 2) <br />M-80-244 <br /> <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS TAS <br />1. A brief inspection was conducted of the Cresson Project - Phase I pad construction. The <br />clay underliner was being compacted in the upper reaches of Arequa Gulch. Synthetic liner <br />was being deployed in the aide slopes of the gulch. No concerns were noted. <br />2. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold (CC&V) noted that they had a spill of dilute cyanide solution <br />the previous day and that all proper authorities had been notified. The remainder of the <br />inspection focused on the details concerning the spill. <br />3. Approximately 1000 gallons of very dilute cyanide solution had overflowed the lined <br />containment area at Pad 3 for approximately 15 minutes on July 6, 1995. The solution flowed <br />downgradient along a county road and into a dry gulch for a total travel length of 1000 feet. <br />The spilled solution had apparently remained within the permitted area. CC&V had promptly <br />applied a treatment of calcium hypochlorite to the cyanide solution as it was seeping into <br />the alluvium. The cause of the spill was a break in a pipeline weld. <br />4. CC6V agreed to submit to the Division by 5:00 P.H. on July 7, 1995 a brief report <br />describing the corrective actions already applied. CC&V also commited to submittal of a <br />detailed report which includes the facts surrounding the spill, pending soil results, <br />laboratory analysis of the spilled solution, and a map showing the location of the spilled <br />solution. The detailed report will be submitted as soon as possible. <br />5. cC&V was informed that the Division will bring this matter before the Mine Land <br />Reclamation Board for review of a possible violation for failure to contain the cyanide <br />solution. <br />I & E Contact Addreee <br />NAHE John Hardaway <br />OPERATOR Crioole Creek & Victor Gold <br />STREET P.O. Box 191 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Victor, CO 80860 <br />cc: Berhan Keffelew, DMG <br />Colorado Department of Health <br />cc: Jim Stevens, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) ' <br />