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<br />(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-77-479 <br />INSPECTION DATE: 9/20/00 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br /> <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: AIW <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection conducted by Tony Waldron of DMG along with Jackie Carson of Baca County. The <br />site is located approximately 3 miles northwest of Walsh, Colorado along Bear Creek. The active pit is situated along the north <br />side of the creek near the west property boundary on land owned by Baca County. This area has been the site of extensive <br />sand and gravel mining for many years and a good deal of the disturbance located in this area is pre-law. <br />During the last inspection of this site a problem was identified which required the operator to submit a new mining plan map <br />to clarify the historic versus post-law mining areas. The map was submitted and did clarify the various disturbances and when <br />they occurred, however, it did not have a scale or clearly show distances associated with the various phases. The operator <br />indicated that the present phase is nearly mined out and that they would want to be permitting a new site as soon as possible. <br />Since it is not permissible to permit side by side 110's, this would require that they fully reclaim the present disturbance and <br />receive full performance warranty release prior to obtaining a new 110. Amore desirable alternative would probably be to <br />convert the permit from a 110 to a 112 and incorporate the entire parcel of land that is owned by Baca County. This would <br />allow a lot of flexibility with respect to using the various areas that have been designated pre-law but are basically un- <br />reclaimed at this point. This could provide more area to stockpile product and also provide for additional staging areas. In <br />addition, it would be a good opportunity to reclaim some of these pre-law areas into a more usable piece of property once the <br />mining resource is exhausted. This concluded the inspection and no additional problems were identified. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Rav Miller <br />OPERATOR: Baca County <br />STREET: P.O.Box 741 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Springfield, CO 81073 <br />cc: Jim Stevens-DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />(Page 3) <br />