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<br />MINE ID k OR PROSPECTING ID p M-81-243 <br />INSPECTION DATE 5/15198 <br />(Page 21 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br /> <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS WHE <br />This inspection occurred as part of DMG routine monitoring plan for permitted operations. Ed <br />Settle accompanied the DMG inspector throughout the inspection. The South Fruita Gravel Pit is <br />approved for conventional excavation of sand(gravels and material processing, 51 acres affected <br />area. Disturbance at any given time is limited by the phased mine plan. DMG holds 539,995 <br />financial warranty. Mine status is active. <br />Signs & Markers -Mine identification sign, required by Rule 3.1.12, was posted at the mine <br />entrance. Boundaries of the affected area were delineated by fencing and irrigation/drainage <br />canals. Public access to active areas were controlled by fencing and gate, gate was open. <br />Phase IArea -Extraction and processing operations were active at phase I area. Portable asphalt <br />plant was installed within the pit area. Haul truck traffic was continuous throughout the time of <br />the inspection. Mining activities appeared confined to approved areas. Mining activities had <br />progressed from the east side of the pit to the western 1 /3 of the phase I area. Reclamation <br />backfilling, grading and topsoil replacement appeared near completion for the eastern 1 /3 of the <br />phase I area. <br />Portions of the phase I area, mined prior to 1984 and located adjacent to the Colorado River, had <br />been flooded during high flows in 1984. Erosion from the 1984 flood stage resulted in an overflow <br />channel through the previously mined areas. Operator modified the Reclamation Plan from "pond" <br />to "overflow channel" for approximately 10 acres of phase I area through AM-01. <br />Phase 11 & 111 Areas -Mining activities had not progressed to phase II and III areas. <br />Financial Warranty - Phase I area includes 34 acres, of which 10 acers are approved as an <br />overflow channel and 22 acres will result in a pond. DMG has reviewed the cost of reclamation <br />associated with existing disturbances and has determined that the current financial warranty, in <br />the amount of 539,995, is adequate to ensure reclamation. <br />cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />I & E Contact Address <br />^ CE <br />NAME Ed Settle ^ BL <br />OPERATOR Grand Junction Concrete Pioe Co. ^ FS <br />STREET P.O. Box 1849 ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE2IP Grand Junction. CO 81502 ^ HMWMD ICHI <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD ICHI <br />^ OTHER <br />