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(Page 21 <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1984-155 <br />INSPECTION DATE 9/5/02 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS WHE <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was conducted as part of DMG's routine monitoring plan for permitted operations. <br />Mr. Tim Huskey was contacted prior to the inspection but could not participate due to previously <br />scheduled appointments. The Bartley Gravel Pit is approved for 77.3 acres affected area. Mine <br />status is active. <br />Mine identification sign and permit boundary markers were posted. Mine entrance road was well <br />maintained. Mining and reclamation activities appeared limited to approved areas. No mining <br />equipment was on site during the inspection. <br />Active mining and processing operations appeared limited to the western 113 of the permit area. <br />Reclamation appeared completed for the eastern 1(3 of the permit area, east of the buried pipeline. <br />Middle 1 /3 of the permit area contained areas where reclamation appeared to be in various stages <br />of completion. The operator had installed several rock check dams in an ephemeral drainage <br />channel located within the middle 1 /3 portion of the permit area. Clay borrow pit, located in the <br />north central portion of the permit area, appeared intact but not a location of recent mining <br />activity. Evidence of operator employing weed control efforts were observed in all portions of the <br />permit area. <br />As noted above, reclamation appeared to have been completed for eastern portions of the permit <br />area. Reclamation backfilting and grading had resulted in gently rolling topography which blended <br />exceptionally well with surrounding undisturbed topography. Reclaimed areas appeared stable, <br />evidence of Settling, slumping or excessive erosion were not observed. Vegetative cover for the <br />reclaimed eastern portions of the permit area was well established, diverse and at least equal in <br />extent of cover to the surrounding natural vegetative cover. Reclamation appears to have been <br />completed for the eastern portions of the permit area, east of the buried pipeline, in accordance <br />with conditions of the approved reclamation plan, Act and Rules. However, DMG cannot release <br />the area from the permit until the operator submits a release request for the reclaimed portions in <br />accordance with the requirements of Rule 4.16. <br />No problems or possible violations were observed. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to the Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 <br />Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: Wally Erickson, phone no. 970-247- <br />5469. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Tim Huskev <br />OPERATOR Dolores Countv <br />STREET P.O. Box 608 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Dove Creek, CO 81324 <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />p BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMp (CHI <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD ICHI <br />^ OTHER <br />