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• (Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-77-231 <br />INSPECTION DATE 3/4/98 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection conducted by <br />operator representative present. The site is located <br />south of Howard, Colorado along Kerr Gulch Road. <br /> <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS NA <br />Tony Waldron of DMG. There was no <br />approximately 3 miles east and 1 mile <br />The site is represented as a rectangular shaped permit area but the permit boundary markers <br />were never located and the mining disturbance is scattered around the site. The missing <br />boundary markers are being cited as a problem on page three of this report. The mine <br />identification sign was present at the site and contained the required information. <br />There was evidence of recent disturbance and it did appear that topsoil was being salvaged. <br />There appears to be two separate pits running nearly parallel and separated by a strip of <br />land approximately 100 yards wide. There was an area that appeared to have been reclaimed <br />on this buffer strip, approximately ll4 to 1/2 acre in size. Near the northern permit area <br />boundary there was a stockpile of material that appeared to be bentonite product along with <br />some smaller scattered piles. The map that is included in the permit application does not <br />clearly show where the affected acreage is located and also does not clearly show the <br />locations of topsoil stockpiles or product stockpiles. In addition, there is no reclamation <br />plan map. This is also being cited as a problem on page three of this report along with <br />appropriate corrective actions. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Pamela Wedige <br />OPERATOR First Bentonite Co. of Colorado <br />STREET 215 Teller <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Salida, Colorado 81201 <br />cc: Jim Stevens <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD {CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />