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(Page 2) <br />MINE iD # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1989-030 <br />INSPECTION DATE 4/15/02 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO <br />This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Construction Materials 112 permits. The <br />operator's representative named on page one was present throughout the inspection. <br />The site was inactive at the time of the inspection. No equipment, parts, hydrocarbons, contaminants were at the site. <br />No noxious weeds were observed. <br />This site was converted to a 112 permit in 1998. Permitted area is 50 acres, with a maximum disturbed area of 25 acres. <br />The operator is approved to have up to 15 acres disturbed at any one time, with 5 of those acres being under concurrent <br />reclamation. The operator is complying with the approved plan. <br />There has been some difficulty with wet ground on and below the western pit floor level. The operator has chosen to not <br />mine as deeply during recent excavation, creating a separate bench of unmined material about ten feet higher. Future <br />mining will likely continue eastward with this upper bench elevation being the new pit floor. Mining involves pushing <br />material down the slope at a 3:1 gradient. The native material is very cobbly and the interim slopes created during mining <br />appear stable. There is no sediment transport or erosion. There is no seepage exhibited on the mined slope or impounded <br />water on the floor. <br />Topsoil is stockpiled along the southern edge of the pit. It is thin and rocky, but the operator has salvaged and stockpiled <br />it adequately. As the operation moves northward, some reclamation may be possible along this south edge. Some of the <br />woody debris which has been removed before mining could be broken and mixed with the soil or scattered after soil <br />replacement. <br />This inspector wishes to compliment the operator for running a clean, orderly operation. <br />There were no additional items observed or discussed. No problems exist at this time. All responses or questions about <br />this inspection report should be directed to this inspector at the Division's Durango Field Office. The address is: Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301; telephone 970/247-5193, or fax <br />970/247-5104. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP <br />Mike Horner <br />San Miguel Countv <br />P.0. Box 426 <br />Norwood. CO 81423 <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />I, Bob Oswald, cercify that on the signature date shown on page one, I deposited a true and complete copy of this entire <br />inspection report in the United States mail, first class postage paid, to the operator of record for this site at the address <br />indicated, and to those others designated in this report to receive copies (DMG personnel exceptedl. <br />ignature <br />