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L <br />• • <br />(Page 21 <br />MINE ID ry OR PFtOSPECTING ID k M-1991-079 <br />INSPECTION DATE 10/18/00 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS WHE <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection occurred in response to operator request. Tom Logue accompanied the DMG <br />inspector throughout the inspection. The Mule Farm Gravel Pit is approved for 89 acres permit <br />area, of which approximately 42 acres to be affected. Reclamation will result in a 35 acre pond <br />to support wildlife habitat and recreation post mining land use. DMG holds 5124,488 financial <br />warranty. Op~~rations were active. <br />Records The original permit was issued on 2/18/92 to Elam Construction with 6 stipulations. The <br />6 stipulations resulted from a Technical Revision to the application, approved by DMG on 1/13/92. <br />The TR incorporated the contemporaneous reclamation requirements of 10 acres major disturbance, <br />4 acres modf;rate disturbance, and 4 acres minor disturbance, resulting in 573,380 financial <br />warranty. On 9/13/99, DMG approved TR-02, removing the contemporaneous reclamation <br />requirements, eliminating the previous 6 stipulations to the permit, and increasing the financial <br />warranty to S 124,488. DMG records do not indicate additional revisions or modifications to the <br />permit. <br />Signs & Markers Mine identification sign was posted at the mine entrance. The boundary of the <br />affected land:; were sufficiently delineated. Mining operations were confined to approved areas. <br />Mine entrance road was well maintained. <br />Pit Area The pit exhibited internal drainage. Pit drainage was being pumped to the Gunnison <br />River. The operator had completed backfilling and grading of the pond inslopes along <br />approximately 1,200' of the south pit wall. The operator has been monitoring revegetation test <br />plots, located along the southwest corner of the permit area, to evaluate the success of various <br />revegetation 1:echniques. <br />Financial Warl•anty The existing 5124,488 financial warranty resulted from DMG's 2/18/99 cost <br />estimation. DMG's 2/18/99 cost estimation included reclamation cost for the entire 42 acres <br />affected area. Since the time of the cost estimation the operator has completed backfill and <br />grading for approximately 1,200' of pit inslope (2 acres) and revegetation over approximately 3 <br />acres area. Therefore, the existing 5124,488 financial warranty is sufficient to ensure reclamation. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to the Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 <br />Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: Wally Erickson, phone no. 970-247- <br />5469. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Thomas A. Loaue <br />OPERATOR Elam Construction, Inc. <br />STREET 1225 South 7`" Street <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Grand Junction, CO 80501 <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD ICHI <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD ICHI <br />^ OTHER <br />