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~~ III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. This was a complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado Division of Iviinerals and Geology. Also present were Dan Hernandez, Byron Walker and Bill Carter of the Division. Beginning on May 1, 1999, Byron Walker will become the lead specialist for the Division at this mine site. Byron's senior is Dan Hernandez. No one represented the operator at the time of the inspection. There was no snow at the mine site and there was no activity on site. Siens and Mazkers The operator has installed two new mine ID signs at the mine site, one at each end of the county road where the permit boundary crosses the road. Those two signs and the mine ID sign on the entrance gate to the mine site contained the correct information. Roads The county roads leading through the mine site and through the loadout azea were passable and in good shape. The private roads at the entrance to Mine No. 1 and to the loadout were in good shape and were passable. The two bridges over North Thompson Creek were not passable with a passenger vehicle. Portals At the recently backfilled Mina No. 1 portal area, the backfilled material has settled, exposing the concrete tops of the two adit facings of the portal and the vent shaft. Also, pieces of metal are showing at the surface of this backfilled area. The debris should be removed and the concrete should be backfilled appropriately, or removed. Additional backfill material remains at the subsoil storage stockpile adjacent to the portal area for Mine No. 1. Also, a strip of Enkamat was placed on the downgradient side of the backfilled portal area, along North Thompson Creek. Although no problems were present at the time of the inspection, it would probably be prudent to place a row of properly trenched and anchored hay bales along this downgradient edge. The backfilled area at Mine No. 1 was seeded but no sprouting has occurred. Reseeding may be in order. In association with the Mine Number 1 backfilling, the footprints of the former topsoil and subsoil stockpiles need to be reseeded. Since the azea is a small azea exemption, a row of hay bales immediately downgradient of the footprints might be considered until the reseeding takes.