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<br />(Page 2) <br /> <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-98-067 <br />INSPECTION DATE 10/1/96 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS AJW <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a Pre-Operational inspection conducted by Tony Waldron of DMG along with Joe Welte, <br />Buck Barnhart and Joe Gagliano representing the operator. The site is located approximately <br />8 miles northwest of Canon City, Colorado in portions of Section 25, Township 17 South, Range <br />71 West and Section 36, Township 18 South, Range~71 West of the 6th P.M. The proposed mining <br />sites are located where small cuesta type mountains rise up out of a fairly sizeable alluvial <br />or terrace fan formation known as Shaw's Park. <br />The vegetation is primarily a Pinon/Juniper (PJ) complex with trees and shrubs occupying the <br />steeper and higher areas and a Blue grama grass community interspersed with PJ on the more <br />level fan areas that lead into Shaws Park. The understory of the PJ areas consists of <br />Gatnbel's Oak and Mountain Mahogany as the shrub component and Blue grama and Little Bluestem <br />as the primary grasses. The grass community areas are dominated by Blue grama along with <br />occurrences of Sideoats grama, needlegrass, fescue, junegrass, etc. <br />There were no significant, valuable or permanent man-made structures observed on the site <br />which could be affected by this mining plan. There are some livestock fences that run along <br />the perimeter of the legal parcels in some locations, however, it does not appear that these <br />will be affected by the mining plan. <br />There is a fairly large shaded area on the mine plat <br />previously disturbed by past mining operations. The <br />historic mining appear to be fairly minimal and in <br />revegetated. Occasionally there is a very obvious d. <br />stockpiles of cut or dimension stone, however, most ~ <br />previously disturbed does not appear to be dramatically <br />areas. Since a portion of this area will be re-affected <br />DMG wants to make sure that any previously disturbed are <br />lumped in with areas that will be affected during thi: <br />inspection and the type of disturbance that will be ass <br />be obvious where new disturbance occurs and where C. <br />responsibility. In addition, the proposed affected are <br />to the commencement of operations. <br />map that is identified as being <br />disturbances associated with this <br />many cases have become naturally <br />sturbance usually associated with <br />f the area that is identified as <br />iifferent from adjacent undisturbed <br />during the operation of this mine, <br />is that are not re-affected are not <br />mining operation. Based on this <br />~c fated with this permit, it should <br />.e operator will have reclamation <br />.s will be clearly delineated prior <br />This concluded the pre-operation inspection. There were no obvious concerns identified <br />during this inspection that would preclude the type of mining operation proposed in the <br />permit application that has been submitted to our office. A final item that will be <br />addressed further during the adequacy review is the potential for blasting to occur on this <br />site. The permit application indicates that blasting may be used on occasion to assist in <br />loosening overburden above the clay deposit. If blasting is utilized at this site, the <br />operator will be required to submit a geotechnical stability exhibit to comply with Rule 6.5. <br />This concern will be more clearly articulated in the adequacy review. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Ed Henne <br />OPERATOR Summit Brick and Tile Co. <br />STREET 13th and Erie <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Pueblo, CO 81003 <br />cc: Jim Stevens <br />~ CE <br /> BL <br />~ FS <br />^ ~ <br /> HMWMD (CH) <br />n SE <br />fl WQCD (CH) <br />n OTHER <br />