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{Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-2002-119 <br />INSPECTION DATE 01121/02 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC <br />This was a pre-operation inspection of the FetcherlVale Pit Sand & Gravel Mine, Application <br />No. M-2002-119, conducted by Erica Crosby of the Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology. <br />Rod Scott of Elam Construction, Inc. was present during the inspection. Approximately 2' to <br />3' of snow cover was present on site. <br />Elam Construction, Inc. filed a complete 112 Construction Materials Application with the <br />Division on December 26, 2002. The Division's recommendation due date is set for March 26, <br />2D03. To date, no written objections to the application have been filed with the Division. <br />The mine site is located approximately 1 mile west of Clark in Routt County, Colorado. The <br />surface and minerals owners are John Fetcher and Charles Vale. The application consolidates <br />two existing 110 permits, Fetcher Ranch Pit (M-1983-134) and Vale Pit (M-1988-009), and adds <br />on an additional 10.5 acres for a total permit area of 25.3 acres. The proposed postmining <br />land use remains as rangeland habitat. <br />No mining was taking place in the Fetcher and Vale Pits during the inspection. Approximately <br />11 combined acres of the Vale and Fetcher Pits have been mined to date. The operation <br />involves mining sand and gravel from a hill approximately 60 feet in height. According to <br />the application, the gravel reserve is 45' thick and the overburden is approximately 15' <br />thick. A large overburden pile is located on the northeast end of the site. This material <br />will be used to reclaim a portion of the Vale Pit. <br />The 10.5-acre expansion area is located immediately west of the Vale and Fetcher Permits. <br />Structures noted on the expansion area include a fence and power poles/lines. Mining will <br />occur where these structures are located. The operator stated that the power poles/lines <br />will be re-routed immediately north of the pit. These structures will be directly affected <br />by the mining and reclamation operation, and will need to be further address in the <br />application. <br />The operator is in the process of constructing a small sump at the toe of the pit to collect <br />storm water runoff from the anticipated 100-year storm event. Designs for the sump were <br />included in the application currently under review. In addition, a berm was noted along the <br />storage facility area that will contain storm water runoff. <br />The reclamation plan calls for slopes to be backfilled and graded to 3h:ly. The area will be <br />concurrently reclaimed as mining progresses towards the west. 10" of topsoil will be <br />replaced and the area will be revegetated using a seedmixture of Pubescent Wheatgrass, Smooth <br />Brome and Yellow Sweetclover. The bottom portion of the pit will be relatively flat and <br />daylight to County Road 62A. <br />Prior to approval of the new 112 Application, the operator(s) of the existing 110 permits for <br />the Vale and Fetcher Pits will need to file separate release requests to the DMG. <br />I 8 E Contact Address <br />^ CE <br />NAME Harold F. Elam ^ BL <br />OPERATOR Elam Construction, Inc. ^ FS <br />STREET 1225 South 7~" Street ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 0 HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />cc: Carl Mount; DMG ~Q(~uJItCJ`~~iN'~~~ <br />Steve Kaspar; Elam Construction, Inc. `~~ ~ ,jt ~.~h Cw`I <br />