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:~ • (Page 2) MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-77-493 INSPECTION DATE 9(17(98 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ACS OBSERVATIONS On August 26, 1998, the Division of Minerals and Geology issued a conditional approval of revision SR-002 to the Climax Mine reclamation permit. Conditional approval of revision SR-002 was based on the Division's finding that the approved post-mining land use of developed water resources had been accomplished for Eagle Park Reservoir. Condition no. 3 to the approval of SR-002 states: Approval of SR-002 require(s) the removal of inert debris from below the high water mark of the reservoir and diversion of water from the steep slopes on the reservoir's southern shore... These requirements are further discussed in the Division's 7/2/98 inspection report filed for the Climax Mine. The primary purpose of this inspection was to determine if the reclamation work required under condition no. 3 to SR-002 had been completed. The road immediately above the steep slopes on the reservoirs south shore was inspected. This road is located topographically below the county road that parallels the Chalk Mountain Intercept, and for the purpose of this report will be called the South Shore Road. The Operator has constructed a continuous berm along the north edge of the South Shore Road (between the road and the reservoir) and has graded the road to tilt to a ditch running along the road's south edge. These measures will effectively prevent water from spilling down the steep slope to the reservoir. At a certain point water in the South Shore Roadside ditch disappears into the ground. During the Division's 7/2/98 inspection, it was discussed that this water may subsequently daylight on the steep slope down to the reservoir, potentially destabilizing the soil mantle. However, no springs were observed on the steep slope to indicate where the ditch water may be surfacing. To address this potential stability issue, the Operator spread granular bentonite in an effort to seal the area were the ditch water flows into the ground. The effectiveness of this bentonite seal should be monitored, and if the water continues to flow into the ground, some more aggressive sealing efforts for the roadside ditch may be necessary. It was discussed that the South Shore Road has no long-term utility, and will eventually be reclaimed. The Operator has scheduled a group of CSU students to plant 4" tublings of Colorado Currant and plugs of Western Wheatgrass on the steep south slope of the reservoir. This is an effort to further stabilize the mantle of soil on this slope. The plantings are scheduled to occur during the weekend of 9/19/98. The monuments installed to monitor the shear surface identified on the south shore of the reservoir were surveyed on 7/22/98, and the survey results have been provided to the Division. These data show no movements in excess of .047 feet from the 6/22/97 survey. In order to follow the guidance for slope monitoring approved in revision SR-002, the monuments should be surveyed one more time in 1998 during October, and twice in 1999 in June and October. The area at the east-end of the Eagle Park Reservoir was inspected. The debris that had been observed here during the Division's 7/2/98 inspection had been removed. There is a road that drops down from the South Shore Road to the stream inlet at the reservoir's east-end. This road then continues around to the reservoir's north