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., . '"".......*~****~i(rc((( PAGE 1 September :i-'4, 1588 Mur-~ger Canyon mine Salt Crc-eJ:: Mining Cort~pany 751 Horizon Coc.rrt Grand Jurn_tion, C~_~lorado 81~U6 People present during the inspe~=tic~n: F'ar-rl Osb~~rne Salt Creep: Mining H:c~ger Mc~c~re Salt Creep: Mir~ir~q .John 4Jalters Salt Creek Mining Dan Mathews Col or adc~ Mined Land F:ec 1 arnat i ~ ~n Gary Fritz OSMRE #44 C~~nditi~_~ns at th'~e mine: c~ver~=ast ar~d warm GEflE~:r1L CCIMMENTS 'Ch-~is was a ~=omplete c~Vel'slght ~:eclarnati~~n Division was nc~ti senior reclamation specialist inspe~=tion. Thre mine rep=cards =ompleted the ~4th-~. TI-~e State with me. inspection. Th-~e Colcrradc~ Mined Land fied about my s~_hrc--dole and did ser-id a tc. join me for the field part cif the were reviewed briefly can the ~Sr-d and inspector did n~_~t revit=w thie rE•cc~l•ds TF1E IfJSF'ECTlON There has been a change in 4wnEYSI91p c.f the mine since the la=_st aver=_ight inspe~=tic~n. Salt Creek: Mining and Sheridan Enterprises have diversified leaving Salt Cree4: with thre mine and thie additi~-~r~a1 stc~~=4.: aval.lable through the ch-~ange wa=_. pich.ed up by Colorado Ute, one cif the power cc~nsor'tiums in tP~e state. As part ~~t th-~at ch'~ange, Salt Fiver is moving their office out tc~ the McClaine mine which will serve as a comraunicatic~n ~=enter- for both m>r~es. Telephone limes are to be put in sh~rrtly ar~d th-~ey h-~ope tc~ have the c~ffi~=e up and running by th-~e first c.f the year. Physically, this ch-~ange will cause nc~ affect at the Munger portal area c~th-~er than the removal cif one cif thre mobile buildinq_s whrich~ will be used for t. hie new offics•. They did receive a major rainfall evert iri the car-~yor~ wh~~ere the mine is located with~~in the last tw~~ wee4;s. t•Jc-arly all c.f thre ' drainage control structures held up. under th-~e storm but wor4 was in progress dur'ir~g thre inspe~=ti~~ri t.. r~:~dify or- rc--infor~.e a ~=duple vF things. The clear water diversion above the trailer on th-~e mine ben~.h had to be rebuilt becar_rsc most of it washed out. Th-~at work: was =ompleted. Une of the ,_,c.rtfall curtains c.n are a~_cess read cr.rlvert was split. Thre part was ordered, it was can site but hraci not in~~talled in but intended to put in an next week. An inlet on th-~e first cc.ilvert c.n the acs=ess road down from thre mine head tc~ he rr~c~ciified, an e>aension with an e161ow was installed t•_~ m~~ve tP~e opening further back: up stream t~~ h:eep it fr?gym plugging. The- on the ground work: was done as well as th-ie mine plan ~=I-~ar~ge. 15/8/68:7 The only c,ther th>ng noteworthy renarding the str_~rm, was th-~e fa~.t