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<br />(Page 2) <br /> <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-96-031 <br />INSPECTION DATE 06/12/97 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS TDG <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a routine monitoring inspection of the new Weimer Pit No. 2. Operations are underway at the site with a small initial <br />excavation started at one end of the permitted area, small overburden and topsoil stockpiles, and a finished product stockpile at the <br />opposite corner of the affected area. The site was neat and clean with a mine identification sign and perimeter markers in place <br />where required. The access road to the site appears well constructed with gravel surfacing and stormwatercontrols (borrow ditches) <br />in place and functioning properly. <br />The operator pointed out the different thickness of in-place topsoil at different portions of the area to be mined. Topsoil is very thin <br />at the present location of the pit, however it is evident from observations of [he highwall that the thickness increases from West <br />to East and it appears there will be sufficient topsoil material at the conclusion of mining to replace a 6" layer as required by the <br />permit. <br />The financial warranty was increased for this operation in response to a technical revision request to remove the phasing restriction <br />from the mining & reclamation plan. Since the bond was recalculated in November, 1996 as a result of the technical revision, an <br />additional bond recalculation is not warranted at this time. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Lee Sutherland <br />OPERATOR Sutherland Brothers, Inc. <br />STREET P.O. Box 889 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Nucla, CO 81424 <br />cc: Sr Specialist, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD ICH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CHI <br />^ OTHER <br />