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<br />MINE ID N OR PROSPECTING ID ti M-2000-154 <br />INSPECTION DATE 3-29-2001 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was apre-operational inspection conducted to observe the pre-mining condition of the site. Several photographs were <br />taken during this inspection. <br />The site has a significant portion of the surface area that is exposed sandstone devoid of soil. This area includes the two <br />drainage channels that cross the site. The majority of the exposed sandstone lies north of the West Fork of Dry Creek <br />occupying an estimated 70 percent of this area. The majority of the proposed permit area south of the West Fork has a <br />topsoil depth reportedly varying in depth from 0 to 10 feet deep. <br />Species noted on soil covered areas included big sagebrush, blue grams, cheatgrass, galleta, prickly pear, and pinyon pine. <br />No water was flowing in either channel. However, pools of water were noted in depressions in the drainage channel. No <br />soil will need to be salvaged from the drainage channels, so discharge of materials into waters of the U.S. should not be <br />a concern at this site given the specified method of mining and providing that no stockpiling of material or topsoil <br />application in the drainage channel will occur. <br />Erosion and sedimentation should not be a concern except for stockpiled soils or areas where soils have been replaced for <br />revegetation. The operator indicated that a small detention basin will be constructed as part of the first mining phase and <br />will be used as sediment control for the project. The pond inlet and outlet will use the existing drainage channel which is <br />located on the sandstone bedrock. <br />A wire fence is located along the county road. The operator will install a gate with a cattle guard in this fence line ai a <br />location at the top of a small rise in the county road approximately half the distance between the north and south permit <br />boundaries. <br />Several mule deer were noted adjacent to the site. Elk droppings were also noted on site. <br />(Page 21 <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to Steve Shuey at the Division's Durango Field Office. The address <br />is; Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, phone no. 970-247-5062. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP <br />Fred Hollev <br />H and H Stone Comoanv, Inc. <br />P. O. Box 162 <br />Dove Creek. Colorado 81324 <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />BL Loren Wickstrom -Durango Office <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CHI <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD ICH) <br />p OTHER <br />