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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made <br />during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection <br />and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash and Larry Routten of the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. The operator was represented by Tom Anderson. The <br />purpose of the inspection was to inspect the newly constructed emergency mine water discharge <br />pond. The operator was planning on reentering the mine the next day. Soon after entering the <br />mine successfully, the operator is planning on dewatering the mine using pumps and waterlines <br />coming from the mine portal, rather than through a dewatering well. The success in dewatering <br />through the dewatering well has been sporadic. The weather was clear and dry during the <br />inspection. However, there had been a considerable amount of rain a few days before. <br />Hvdroloev <br />The operator has just finished constructing the new emergency mine water discharge pond. The <br />as-builts have been submitted to satisfy Stipulation No. 32 of Minor Revision No. 51. However, <br />the pond geometry was not checked in the field against the as-builts yet. The geotechnical <br />stability analysis for the pond embankment still needs to be submitted. <br />At the time of the inspection, mine water was being pumped into the pond. The water appeared <br />to be a little cloudy and had a musty smell. No water was being discharged through the pond's <br />open channel spillway. Only about one third of the pond volume had water in it. <br />The pond was partially incised. The pond embankment appeared to be stable. The open channel <br />spillway was functional. When discharging, the discharge will flow down an established natural <br />drainage and, then, into the North Fork of the Gunnison. <br />The operator will need to seed the pond slopes soon in order to establish a vegetative cover. <br />Topsoil <br />The topsoil stockpile from the newly constructed mine water pond needs to be seeded and a <br />topsoil sign placed on the pile. <br />c:\m s97\sanborn\ i nsp05 99 <br />