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• (Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-78-162 <br />INSPECTION DATE 01/5/99 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal inspection of the Harvey Green Pit conducted by Erica Crosby of the <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology. Joe Baltazar representing Morgan County was <br />present curing the inspection. Weather conditions on site were cool and windy. Ground <br />conditions were dry. <br />The mine site is located 9 miles north of Snyder in Morgan County. The open pit sand and <br />gravel mine encompasses a permit area of 80 acres. The mine ID sign and permit boundary <br />markers were noted in the field. The pit area is roughly 35 acres in size and ranges in <br />depth between 40 to 45 feet. No mining was taking place during the inspection, but the site <br />is active. There are five phases of mining in the permit area. Phase I, and a portion of <br />Phase II and V are currently disturbed. The direction of mining is mainly toward the west. <br />The site has not encountered any ground water. The material is screened, stockpiled and <br />hauled off site. Overburden piles and topsoil piles were noted along the edge of the permit <br />boundary to the west. It appears that enough topsoil exists to reclaim the site to the 6" <br />to 9" depth of topsoil as noted in the permit. <br />The disturbed area of the site, mainly along the access roads and overburden piles, contains <br />what appears to be Canadian thistle or other form of noxious weed. The weeds will need to be <br />controlled this spring and summer. The Division recommends that the overburden piles in <br />place fo:~ longer than one year be seeded with a cover crop to prevent further weed <br />establisY,ment and control erosion. The operator will need to submit documentation that the <br />weeds were controlled in the form of receipts or a letter from the county stating that the <br />mine site has been managed for weeds. See page #3 for further detail. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Joe Baltazar <br />OPERATOR Morgan County <br />STREET 17303 County Road S <br />l'I TY/STA7 E/ZIP Fort Morgan, Colorado 80701 <br />CERTIFIED MAIL R10. ~~1 ~ S°l~ S~ d <br />RETIJR~~ i ~ CEIPT NEQUESTED <br />cc: Carl Mount, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />