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(Page 2) NONE ID N OR PROSPECTNI6 ID N Y-7715 INSPECyION HATB 09.29.95 INSPECTOR'S Hi1TTA1S SSS OBSERVATIONS Thle was a routlne partlal Iuepectloa of the Bulldog mine located above Creeds Colorado la Mineral Couuty. The weather was ralWng att rnd on during the Inapectlon. 9700 level -The traneplrnhd shrubs rnd trees In the waste rock damp are showing a high survlvW rate, deaplte the rocky caadltlone. Erase that was seeded over the waste rock le a total (allure, ehowlag esh6tlehmeat almost ezcluelvely la the small areas at Ball where the Vase and shrubs were Olanhd. There le a small cave la beWad Ne backRtled 97001eve1 portal which apparently could be opened with mlWmal effort rnd could be a safety hazard. Homeahke should perform remedlW measures ae eaoa ae possible h backRll and seal (file caved In area. There la a storage building, oa blocks, at the 9700 level that the operator Indlcahs will be removed prior to bond release. 93601eve1- Homestake has transported topsoil hom a bortow area, Iscated above rho lower faltlngs goad access road, to several areas ou the 9360 level beach la au effort h enhance revegehtlon on several bare spots. These area were reseeded (file summer and are showlag algae at euccesaful vegehtlon eshbBshmeat There are a few small bare spots remalWag oa the beach but overall the revegetatloa effort has produced a ataad with ezcetlent dlverelty of greases and (orbs wlih goad cover sad productlou In moat areas. The hydraseeding effort oa the elopes below the 9360 beach appear h be eucceeetul oa approzlmahly 35 - 40 percent of the elopes. Low spoh and swales show the moat success. Yellow sweet clover and white dutch clover have done wetl In the revegehted elands wltheut belag overabundant These species should old revegehtlou ettorh due h their Wtragea fhdag characterietlce. Several mule deer wero observed greUag oa the revegehted stand during the Iuepectloa. Elk tracks were ales quite abuadaut os this level. The Wlady 6olch cWvert sad riprap ehaaael were clear of debris and appeared h be stable. The mine IdentlRcatlou elgo h In comptlrnce. Doper hlBnaa Doad -The areas where the goad access road eater and erdt the goad are not ahowing slgos of successful revegehtloa ae reported In brat years Iuepectloa report Homestake ladlcated that they are coaeldering using material hom the dam structure, above the taltlaga level, for a soil source h be used la several areas regWring addltlonal rovegehtloa efforts, lacludlag the erase on the above mentloped access road. Homestake le cautloned that a procedure each ae (file moat be Incarporeted Into the reclamatloa permit through the techWcal revlslou process. There Is a shad of Crnadlaa thistle eehbtlehlag on the beaks of the upper hltlage pond. Homestake should IWtlah ettorta to control (file etrnd se soon ae possible. The rosettes of the thistle could be sprayed with as herbicide (file tall, sad thou the plsnh could agWn be spayed, ae they beglu h bolt, la the epriaglearl9 summer 1996. There Is some erasion channels above the upper hiBnge poud, In the natural areas, that apparentl9 were oat created by mlWag related actlvltlea. However, Homeehke should ensure that there era not say plpetlaea or other mlWng related hchre, that were not observed during the Iuepectloa, that may have caused the erosion. Hameshke may wish to repair the eraelanal teahrea, even It they are oat mlWag related, h eueure the long term shblHty at the upper hIDnge poud. Oue of the chaanele Is located adJacent to the poud edge au the west side. The other le located northeast of the water task neu the crest of the hill above the upper hlOags poud. Laver taWaae Doud - Spring ronott caused some erosion at the embanlcmenh of the pond's outlet chaaael due h ezceeelve Row hom the clean water diversion ditch on the west side above the poud. Homeatake subeequeutly sectloned off the ditch lah two aectlone sad directed the Row from each sectlon Into the hltlage poud Ihelt. The Rowe would now pass along the weal aide of the poud, h the umored outlet charnel. Flaw hom the clean water diversion now passes through the poud, which le partlally revegehhd, and does have the pohntlel h come Into contact with the fills. The dlvereloa ditch was deslgped sad Inehlled epeclRcally h prevent upland surlace water Row horn coming Into contact with the toile. Because the m~rrent dlverelon at upland drainage, Into the hltlngs pond, allows the Row h come Ipto contact wIW the fills, Homestalre should restore the upland diversion ditch h keep the Row out of the pond and employ some other method to remedlah the embankment eroelop problem experienced tWs past epriag. The repalre h the ditch moat be conducted (file tall h ensure that uplrnd Rowe are diverted hom the hlBnga Dond during ronott Wert spring, My chaugea la ditch deslga, necessary h ensure that addltlaaal erosion does not occur se It did (file peat epriag, should be submitted as a technical rovlelan as soon 88 passible, Ip m attempt h permit and Implement the changes before winter asowfall renders the site Inaccessible.