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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-2004-025 <br />INSPECTION DATE 4-28-2004 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was apre-operational inspection of the proposed North Fork Pit for which Oldcastle SW Inc., dba United Companies of <br />Mesa County currently has an application under review. <br />The only permanent man-made structures identified within 200 feet of the proposed permit boundary, that were not <br />appropriately addressed in the permit application, are the county shop, the small outhouse located adjacent to the pump house <br />located just east the southeast corner of the site, the culvert under Lane 4005 at the southwest corner of the site, and the small <br />pond located just east of the northeast corner of the site. These structures have been identified in the permit application <br />preliminary adequacy review as needing to be addressed further. <br />The pond on the north end of the site was dry. The pond on the southwest corner of the site contained several feet of water. <br />The Farnsworth spring was flowing a roughly estimated 30-50 gpm. One of the mature cottonwoods, with a swooped trunk, <br />located on the bank of the Farnsworth ditch near the southwest corner of the site is showing signs of stress. While most of the <br />cottonwoods around this ditch are fully leafed out, this tree isjust starting to leaf out. This is noted in case this tree dies during <br />mining, it won't be automatically assumed that the dewatering operations caused the fatality. <br />No river bank instability was noted, other than the sharp bend in the river where large riprap has been placed on the outer bank <br />to stop the side-cutting. The permit addresses modifying and beefing up this armored bank. <br />Whitetop was noted in several locations of the proposed permit area, but most notably in the southeast comer. DMG <br />recommends application of an appropriate herbicide to these noxious weeds as soon as possible and at least annually in an <br />effort to minimize potential infestation of the site, especially after it is disturbed. <br />Vegetation varies from bare dirt in rangeland type areas to pasture in fair condition to thich cover in the willow patches and <br />cottonwood stands. The vegetation is adequately described in the permit application. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to Steve Shuey at the Division of Minerals and Geology, Grand Junction <br />Field Office, 101 South 3rtl Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, phone number 970-243-6368. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Brent Kerr <br />OPERATOR Oldcastle SW Grouo. Inc. <br />STREET P. O. Box 3609 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Grand Junction. Colorado 81502 <br />~: <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />