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Pa e 2 <br />MINE ID # OR M-2006-053 INSPECTION DATE: 7 /1 112 0 0 6 INSPECTOR'S CMR. AJW <br />PROSPECTING ID #: INITIALS: <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was conducted in response to an anonymous complaint that mining without a permit was <br />occurring on the Everett Jackson Ranch near Kim Colorado. According to the Mined Land Reclamation Act; <br />before engaging in a new operation, an operator shall first obtain from the board or office a reclamation permit <br />(C.R.S. 34-32.5-109(1)). <br />The inspection was carried out by Chris Rowe and Tony Waldron from the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (Division). There was not any landowner or operator representative present. <br />The site was accessed off of Las Animas County Road 54 and then following a ranch road to the east for <br />approximately 1.5 miles. A Division mine application notice was posted at the point the ranch road leaves the <br />County Road. According to the notice the Landowner had applied for a mine permit on June 9, 2006. <br />Approximately 20 pallets of sandstone were located along the Ranch road near the County Road. This stone <br />may have been mined much earlier as it had signs of weathering (staining) <br />The disturbance at the possible illegal mine is made up of a quarried area and areas were sandstone is worked <br />and stored. The disturbance area is approximately 420 feet by 480 feet (4.6 Ac). While there may have been <br />some historic mining at this site, it appeared that a majority of mining activity had occurred recently. <br />The quarried area is approximately 1.5 acres and ranges in depth from iwo to five feet. The sandstone bedding <br />is roughly parallel to the nearly horizontal surface topography. <br />Overburden, waste rock, woody debris, and topsoil were scraped up and placed in several piles around the pit <br />to a height of 5 to 10 feet. <br />The sandstone is placed on pallets, or is loosely piled on the ground around the site. The sandstone sheets <br />range from a foot square to greater then 20 square feet. Approximately 3 acres of land surrounding the quarry <br />had sandstone stored on it. <br />There was a tractor and a portable generator onsite <br />The minerals at this site are believed to be owned by the Federal Government and managed by the BLM <br />This site appears to be actively mined, and may constitute a possible violation of the C.R.S. 34-32.5-109(1) <br />Required corrective actions are listed in the next section. <br />The landowner/operator was sent a Reason to Believe a Violation Exists at the Canyon Rim Stone Quarry letter <br />on June 26~' 2006. The landowner/operator has waived their 30 notice and is scheduled to appear in front of <br />the Board on August 16~' or 17'h. <br />Enforcement and Inspection Contact Address <br />NAME: Everett Jackson <br />OPERATOR: Canyon Rim Stone LLC <br />STREET: 27500 County Road 183 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Kim CO 81049 <br />cc: <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CO Hazardous Materials and Waste Division <br />X U.S. Bureau of Land Management CO State Engineers Office <br />U.S. Forest Service CO Water Quality Control Division <br />CO Department of Transportation OTHER: <br />