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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-1983-216 <br />INSPECTION DATE: 8-19-05 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS GRM <br />This inspection was conducted as part of the normal monitoring program established by the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology. The Lumsden Canyon Pit is located northwest of Gateway on 4.1 Road. The County <br />maintains this pit for material to repair roads in the area. Bud Thompson, Mesa County Transportation contact for <br />gravel pits was not able to meet with the inspector. <br />Signs and boundary mazkers were noted as being in place. There has been no excavation for sometime, but a major <br />stockpile is still present. No equipment or support materials aze kept on site currently. <br />Slopes have been graded to 2:1 or better. Vegetation is noted as doing very well. Rabbit Brush, four-winged <br />saltbush, and several species of grass aze well established on the slopes. The pit floor has some vegetation but the <br />majority of the area will need to be ripped and seeded once the stockpile has been removed. <br />I{napweed was noted in the pit floor area. The County has been spraying weeds at all its sites. There was knapweed <br />noted in the last inspection, but the infestation has not expanded beyond what was noted at that time. The County <br />should note that the weeds would have to be eradicated at this site prior to any release approval. <br />If no more excavation is planned at the site, the County should consider a partial release request for the slopes ofthe <br />mine. Vegetation is equal to or better than the surrounding area and slopes are stable. Reclamation of these slopes <br />appears to be complete. <br />No issues or problems aze noted at this time. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to Russ Means at the Division of Minerals and Geology, Grand Junction <br />Field Office, 101 South 3rd Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, phone no. 970-241-1117. <br />I & E Contact Address cc: <br />^ CE <br />NAME: Bud Thompson ^ BL <br />OPERATOR: Mesa Co. Transportation ^ FS <br />STREET: P.O. Box 20000-5025 ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Grand Junction. CO 81501 ^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />