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• (Page 2) • <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1996-031 <br />INSPECTION DATE 1-9-2002 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a routine monitoring inspection and an inspection to evaluate current site conditions for use in updating the <br />reclamation cost estimate for the site. <br />The mine identification sign and affected area boundary markers are in place and in compliance with Rule 3.1.12. <br />No significant infestations of noxious or other problematic weeds were noted on site during this inspection. Russian thistfe is <br />being blown into pockets of the site and is starting to become established. The operator is encouraged to perform weed control <br />measures so the Russian thistle is less of a problem when reclamation begins. After topsoil is replaced on regraded areas, <br />weed control will be necessary to knock back the Russian thistle and give the desired vegetation a better chance for successful <br />establishment. <br />No significant erosional features were noted on the affected areas of the site. Drainage from the affected areas reports to the <br />excavated pit where it evaporates or infiltrates. <br />No equipment or processing facilities are located on the site at this time as the site has not been operated in a while. The <br />operator is scheduled to bring equipment to this site in the next month to begin reclamation of the highwalls. The site is nearly <br />mined out, but has several small piles of product remaining from which material has occasionally been removed during the <br />past few years. <br />Topsoil Piles are lacking stabilizing vegetative cover. After regrading and topsoil placement on the highwalls, seeding of the <br />remaining topsoil piles will need to take place. Seeding of both the regraded highwall slopes and the remaining topsoil <br />stockpiles should take place as early in the spring as weather and ground conditions allow. <br />In an effort to ensure the financial warranty remains adequate to reclaim this site per the requirements of the approved <br />reclamation plan, DMG has updated the reclamation cost estimate (copy enclosed). Clearly, the site is currently under-bonded. <br />Therefore, pursuant to Section 3432.5-117(4) of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act, adequate financial warranty must <br />be submitted to DMG within 60 days of the mailing date of this report. Please review the enclosed figures as soon as <br />possible and contact our office if any calculation errors are noted. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to Steve Shuey at the Division of Minerals and Geology, Grand Junction <br />Field Office, 101 South 3f0 Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, phone number 970-243.6368. <br />I & E Contact Address cc: <br />NAME <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD ICH) <br />^ OTHER <br />