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~. S APP>rND(X 13 AN ABRIDGED ANNOTATED SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS '/ /~ AT THE GOLD HILL MILL (Permit ~ M-83-141) ? I'7 -9y- ~~ September 12, 1997 ~ 7 Sept. '83* 110(2) permit issued to Gold Hill MilllIIg Company (GHMC) to reactivate the Cash Mine and complete surface mine dump sorting and upgrading. 301u1y '85* Amendment tiled by GHMC to increase acreage with the addition of a number of mine dumps and a gravity and tlotation conc;entrarioo mill. 9 Sept. '85 COME (R. Mason) ltr to MLRt3 subj.: Statement of Objections to proposed Cash Mine amendment (this was COME's initial formal communication w the Board on this issue). 13 Sep. '85' Division inspection tsvealed mill consuitction occurring without a permit. 20~ Sep. '85 MLRD (P. O'Connor) hr to GHMC (M. Steen) subj.: Adequacy Concerns, Cash Mine Amendment states Division opinion that mill and other strictures should be removed upon completion of operation. 23 Sep. '85* M. Steen ltr to DMG: response to adequacy concerns -said 10 mil hypalon liner will be installed in tailings impoundment. Gold Hill residents concerned about seepage of water is impoundment imo ground water. ~. DS Sep. '85* Amendment approved. 26 Sep. '85* Board issues Notice of Violation (NOV) for mining w/o a permit, Cease and Desist Order (C~DO), and civil penalty of 52,800. 2 Uct. '85* Civil penalty paid, C & D lifted. ~: Oct. '85 SO approved from GHMC do Gold Hill Ventures Limited Partnership (GHVLP). 3 Uct. '85* MLRD inspection - no problems. 1! Nov. '85* MLRD compliance inspecton on tailings liner, Hamel A bulldiead. L4 Nov. '85* Mr. Stcen Adequacy Response -commits to gvuterly monitoring of do.vnslopc monitor wells near mill for the life of the mill unless no migration of contaminants is demonstrated. 19 Sept.'86* MLRD inspection -possible erosion control and slash pile problem. 28 Apr. '87* MLRD inspection -possible erosion crosarol problems.