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-' ~ (Page 3) j MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-87-143 INSPECTION DATE 08/21/95 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO or how the portal will be closed. This inspector is comfortable with the overall reclamation scheme, presented verbally during the inspection. Most of the reclamation required ie the removal of small debris and equipment, minor grading and limited revegetation. Much of it is already in the plan. The work still to be performed, ae far as cleanup and reclamation goes, the operator has committed to do this year. It will affect about one acre of land. Once performed, the seemingly small bond will be sufficient, and the site will be stable. The operator ie encouraged to submit in writing the current overall reclamation plan to the Division, to have it technically reviewed, and an approved version will become part of the permit. It should include the repiping of the discharge, ae discussed below. The projected timeframee for accomplishing the tacks must be included. It was discussed that if there are et ill cleanup and reclamation tasks to perform after the end of 1995, leaving work that costa more to do than the bond will cover, the bond will be increased appropriately. Therefore, the bond amount ie not regarded ae a problem at this time. Coming out of the portal ie a subsurface wooden structure which conveys the discharge off the waste rock pile. The wood has become weak and decayed, and there is a portion of the wooden conveyance whose boards are missing, resulting in a significant amount of water now flowing over the ground's surface, roughly along the same route ae the buried wooden duct. The entire discharge still passes through the site and exits in the same location. Mr. Gydesen has proposed the placement of a six- or eight-inch diameter PVC pipe to control the discharge, and two locations were discussed. The pipe will begin inside the mine, with an inlet constructed to catch all of the water. The preferred route outside the portal for the new pipe will begin by following the old route, but will extend farther. It will descend the elopes of the waste rock benches, pass through a boggy area at the edge of the permit area, then filter through a short piece of this bog to the outlet. Just off the permit area, the water will reach Gold Creek. The other repiping option would be to turn north at the portal, and place the pipe at the edge of the waste rock pile on the north end of the bench, passing under the access road and through about 50 feet of willows. At this point the water would daylight, continuing to filter through the willows to a short boggy section, then enter Gold Creek. Under either option, the pipe would be trenched, bedded to ensure flow, and shallowly buried. It is felt that the repiping will ensure stability, reduce erosion, maintain water quality by isolating the flow from posits fill materials, and possibly contribute toward removing this permit from the pending DMO list. That determination will be made after any proposed changes to the discharge piping and the reclamation plan are submitted. This operator was given several photocopies of the permit map, to use for depicting details in the reclamation plan revision or repiping proposal. These two revisions may be submitted separately, or together as one package. The operator ie reminded that a possible bond increase and pending DMO decision partly depend on the submittal of the proposed chances to the discharce pipinc and reclamation plan. plus any reclamation tasks performed. Tuimely submittal and on-the-around performance are important. There were no problems noted during the inspection. I & E Contact Address NAME Hill Gvdesen OPERATOR Gold Links STREET 229 CR 11 CITY/STATE/ZIP Gunnison CO 81230 cc: Jim Stevens/DMG ^ CE ^ BL ^ FS ^ HW ^ HMWMD (CH) ^ SE ^ WQCD (CH) ^ OTHER