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<br />(Page 21 <br /> <br />MINE ID p OR PROSPECTING ID k M-96-031 <br />INSPECTION DATE 5-28-96 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was apre-operational inspection of the proposed permit area for the Weimer No. 2 gravel pit located approximately 3 miles <br />southwest of Nucla, Colorado in Montrose County. The site was accessed by a two track road approaching the site from the north <br />and east. The site is typified by a sagebrush flat with no permanent manmade structures located within 200 feet of the proposed <br />boundaries. The four corners of the proposed square permit area were marked with lath and surveyor's tape. Topographic relief <br />is negligible except for a minor Swale on the northwest corner of the site. There are a few small 12' - 3' deep x 2' - 3' wide) gullies <br />across the area that appear to be quite old and somewhat stabilized by vegetation. <br />Some of the vegetation noted includes big sagebrush, rubber rabbitbrush, blue grams, and Indian ricegrass. Vegetative cover is <br />roughly estimated at 40 - 50 percent. <br />A new road is to be built for access to the site from the northwest. The access road would connect to a county road several <br />hundred feet northwest of the site. The applicant was informed that a road installed specifically for use as an access road for the <br />pit would need to be included in the permit area for the operation. The applicant stated that the surface property owner had already <br />approached the county for approval to build a road here for his use to haul water to the site for livestock. The site is apparently <br />used for a livestock wintering ground. A letter from the landowner to this effect, stating that the road is to remain as a permanent <br />feature after mining, to be used for this purpose, will need to be submitted to the Division. Without this letter, the road must be <br />included within the proposed permit area and financial warranty for reclamation of the road must be included in the reclamation bond <br />for this site. <br />Be aware that addition of the road into the permit area may increase the permit acreage over the 9.9 acre limit requiring the applicant <br />to submit an application fora 1 1 2 permit for the site, or revise the proposed 11012) permit boundaries to allow inclusion of the road <br />while maintaining acreage less than 10 acres. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP <br />Lee Sutherland <br />Sutherland Brothers,lnc. <br />P.0. Box 126 <br />Nucla. Colorado 81424 <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD ICHI <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />