INSPEC24220

• Permit No: M1998013
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DMG
• To: Hall-Irwin Corporation
• Inspection Date: 4/1/2003
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #; ~ {page Z)
INSPECTION DATE; "^'-`~
INSPECTOR=S INITIALS; - Ti
OBSER~Th
1• A site ins
1$ 2W3 Pectton of The Shores was
Please see attached to made in r
of Firestone, imm tter dot eSponse to a citizen com
Burin ediately east of ~ March 11, 2003. plaint From
g the inspection was Jeff Gre eld County Road 9- The Shores is I Mr• DOnald He
inspe~Of met with Mr. ye gg °f Hall I 3/4 and betty orated 1 mile east of I PP reserved on March
Pp at his residence torn Construction Com een Weld Coun 25 and 3 miles no
2• Mr. ye discuss the nature pony. Followin ty Roads 24 and 24-3/4. p rth
pP has asked fora of his com g Uie site insPen-ion fesent
change in the water ssistance from plaint. of The Shores
attached !e Pressure and w the Division of Minerals and Geolo .this
Weld Coun tter from Donald ye ater level in both 9Y as he has
h' Road 13 and is imPp to Carl M°unt, DMGa domestic well and an Irrl experienced
Lohmann Pit {M-2001.017 mediate( dated March 9ation welt to a recent dramatic
activities at either )and/or The Y west of WCR 13, 11, 2003}, Mr ye toted on his prope1.~,• (~
of these sites Sh°res Pit Mr' HePP has indicated Ap's_residence is to
may have contributed to $`013) and has ask there are sated at 11525
3• The site ins the Chan ~ for clarification orn ng acbvities at the
acre silt pecb°n revealed 9es to his groundwater w whether the
basin in Phase 1 had been fig disturbances within the P ells. mining
Pond slopes have been ed in. T hose 1-5
apProximatel 14 graded to finish contours and cre wash (southwest 1/3
Y acres in size and 25- pond area in Phases )Portion of the
and dry mining methods as 30' d the Pond has fill 2.3 has been °Peration. The 9
Company has specified in the ~p rn the eastern ~ with groundwater, partially reclaimed as
an approved welt approved Portion of Phases 4-5. There is an active excavation
required for their Permit and tam mine plan. Mr Mining is occurrin
Goddin current mining aciivities 7hispns ry substitute su Gregg confirmed that Ha11 I g with d
9 Hollow Ditch and no adv pp1Y plan from the Office of the ewatering
depth of 6". erne affe p~Or also notes that ^~in Construction
financial Available topsoil from these d~U b re noted, At the time of insinin State En
warranty of $574 000 ed areas Decgion s Progressed to within 15pneer as
installation of a slurry waN surroremains adequate to com has also been ~ water was flo °f the
Amendment No. 1. unding the Plate th salvaged and stock wing in the ditch at a
This'nspector finds tha~ heisturbance a reclamation plan, Mr piled for reclamation
permit area and in compliance with the are current) Gregg ~ 1 use. The
disturbances noted Y under consideration b pained that plans for
4• The approved mine plan, at the time of ins Y the Division via
excavation noted above in Ite ~1On Were found to
closest point of m 3 is be within the
Phase 7 area eXcavation at The Shores to the ast SOOp' west
(eastern most Hepp wells will be he Hepp s wells, Fu
temporary cone of der disturbance}, Absen 1200'. rther, d~r~ng th
information P ession created b t a detailed yr°und This v'°tt °~ur as a life of mine the
hydro) gathered at the time Y the operator's water investigation m i g progresses into the
ogrc impacts to the off °f inspection acivities to be greater than 'the Division
Halt Irwin Constru acted land 'the °Perator has 100' lateral) f would not expect the
2700. coon Com and surroundin been diligent thus far in as
north of the Phase 6 pony has re-drilled two g area. Mr. Gregg noted that sinceminimrzi nm the pit, B ed on
bedrock. Hal! Irwin had area' The wells (2} Privately own 9 any Possible
°°rth• The Division co Perform were re-drilled ~ shallow mining began at ~~The Shores"
ed this service (n re_s tO a total de ' nOry-perfOfming wells a
Shores and the than ncludes at this ti p°nse to Pth of 30-35' and PProxtmately
9es not me that there is n Concerns expressed b Were c°mPleted into shale
Office of the State En ~ in the wells own ocause-effect relationshi Y several of the
gineer (970) 352-$712 for~rth Mr. Hepp. This report is A between the well owners to the
5. Information er review. being forwarded t mining activities at The
gathered from Mr, ye Dave Nettles of the
Pp on March 31 and April 1, 2003 is as follows;
registered and adjudicated
Well #LF-6-14$35
• 6 prPe ~0 29-30' total depth
dry at time of inspe~ion
started going dryin mid-February, 2p03
adequate for domestic use in January, 2003; pumped 1.5
new well driled on q/1/03, 45' total depth, water
@ 30' b ,owevery day @ 13,5 9pm
ground surface