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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1987-044 <br />INSPECTION DATE 1/30/06 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Construction Materials 110 permits. The operator <br />was contacted about scheduling the inspection. The operator's representative named on page one was present during the <br />inspection. <br />The site was active during the inspection, with one loader and dump truck removing and hauling sand from the lower bench to <br />the offsite plant area. The height of the cut was about 4 feet, indicating there was from 0 to 4 feet of sand removed from the <br />lower bench, down nearly to the level of the adjacent Animas River. Excavation was nearly finished at the time of the <br />inspection. The resulting surface (pit floor) was about 1 foot above the present low river level, no fire tracks or fill material were <br />visible on the lower bank by the river, and no water was impounded on the pit floor. <br />The unmined areas of the site (access road, staging area, stockpile area) are sand with no topsoil or vegetation. The mined <br />area is all sand and is recharged regularly by the river. There was no mining debris on the site. A small stockpile of sand was <br />located on the upper bench (estimated volume was about 200 cu yds). <br />There was no reclamation, since all areas are still used in this small operation. There were no noxious weeds on the site. <br />The bond has not been recalculated in several years, so this office will figure what the current reclamation costs are and send <br />the updated figures to the operator for review. If a bond increase is needed, the operator will be notified and have 60 days to <br />provide the increase. <br />There were no problems noted. No further items were observed during the inspection. Responses to this inspection report <br />should be directed to the Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: <br />Bob Oswald; phone no. 970-247-5193. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Dave Dillon <br />OPERATOR Sandco, Inc. <br />STREET PO Box 4440 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Durango, CO 81301 <br />cc: Harry Posey, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />