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<br />(Page 2) <br /> <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-82-186 <br />INSPECTION DATE 5/4/96 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS AJW <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection conducted by Tony Waldron of DMG. The site is <br />located approximately 12 miles southwest of Burlington, Colorado near the intersection of <br />Roads 40 and K along Sand Creek. <br />There was a mine identification sign posted at the entrance to the mine site with the <br />required information. However, the affected area was not clearly marked as required. This <br />is being cited as a problem on page three of this report along with appropriate corrective <br />actions. Part of the corrective action is going to be to submit a technical revision to the <br />permit application providing a description of the affected area sufficient to field locate <br />the affected area boundaries. This revision should also include a description of topsoil <br />salvage and storage procedures to be used at this site. It appears that topsoil is not being <br />preoperly salvaged prior to advancing the pit wall. All topsoil should be removed from the <br />area immediately above and in front of the advancing pit wall and properly stockpiled and <br />seeded to protect this resource. <br />The permit application indicates that sand ang gravel will be removed to a depth of <br />approximately 12 feet, however, the pit wall is currently 20-30 feet high indicating that the <br />deposit is being mined deeper than originally anticipated. This change should also be <br />included in the technical revision. Since the pit has been deepened and Sand Creek will be <br />re-routed through the reclaimed pit once mining is completed there will be a small depression <br />remaining which will likely retain some surface water run-off. The reclamation plan should <br />be revised to reflect this occurrence. <br />A final comment concerning this site is that there is a small infestation of whitetop just <br />upstream of the topsoil stockpile. Although no whitetop was observed on the active mine <br />site, once reclamtion is completed, the whitetop will likely migrate down into the pit area. <br />The landowner should be notified on this infestation so that they can control it now while <br />it is isolated and contained on a relatively small area. If this infestation continues to <br />expand it will crowd out the native range and progressively reduce the livestock carrying <br />capacity of this site. In addition, the occurrence of noxious weeds can develop into a very <br />serious problem on reclaimed site by crowding out desirable reclamation species. <br />I ~ E Contact Address <br />NAME Walt Isenbart <br />OPERATOR Kit Carson County <br />STREET P.O. Box 160 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Burlington, CO 80807 <br />cc: Jim Stevens <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />