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~ i <br />(Page 2) <br />,, <br />MIiJE 7~ # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-88-081 <br />INSPECTION DA'I`S 8/21/97 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS GSC <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />The mining operation was inactive at the time of this inspection. The Division was <br />unsuccessful in contacting the operator by telephone to schedule the inspection. The <br />operator is r.=_quired to file a Notice of Temporary Cessation pursuant to Rule 1.13 of the <br />Hard Rock/Metal Mining Rules and Regulations if the operation will be inactive for more than <br />180 days. <br />The mine yard includes the shaft which has been secured with a sheet metal cover, the hoist <br />house, and a steel head frame. East of the mine yard is a historic mine shaft which served <br />as a waste rock dump area. In the Division's May 24, 1997 inspection report, the operator <br />was reminded that any further disposal of waste rock on the dump would be possible violation. <br />The operator is further reminded that this is still the Division's position. The Division <br />will evaluate the dump size in the future to ensure the disposal activity does not exceed the <br />maximum allowance. <br />The portal area of the Phil Sheridan Tunnel was inspected. A small pool of water just outby <br />the portal flcws approximately 50 feet through a grassy ditch, toward a dilapidated shack, <br />and seeps into the subsurface. There is no discharge into the dry gulch near the tunnel. <br />This gulch is tributary to Spruce Gulch. Because it is possible that the discharge may occur <br />during wet seasons into Spruce Gulch, the operator is again advised to obtain a discharge <br />permit for the Phil Sheridan Tunnel, <br />cc: Carl Mount - DMG <br />Davids Akers <br />Colorado Dept. Of Public Health and Environment <br />WQCD-PE-B2 <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br />Denver, CO 80222-1530 <br />I & E Contact ilddress <br />^ CE <br />NAME Rockv Conner ^ BL <br />OPERATOR East-4Jest Mining Corn.. Inc. ~ ^ FS <br />STREET 999 Pinion Hills Drive ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZI P_Carson City. Nevada 89701 ^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />