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,, • • <br />T~ (Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-84-101 <br />INSPECTION DATE Mav 9. 1997 INSPEC R'S INITIALS TAS <br /> OBSERVATIONS <br />1. A site inspection was made of the Chaparral Meadows Pit, located 5.3 miles east of <br />Hartsel, Colorado along County Road 59. <br />2. The inspection was conducted as a possible illegal since there was n entrance sign or <br />boundary markers as required by Rule 3.1.12 and there was no operator pr sent. Mr. Downare <br />did appear toward the end of the inspection to inquire about this inspe tor's activities. <br />The Division requests that the operator post an entrance sign and ide tify the 9.7 acre <br />boundary as required by Rule 3.1.12 within 60 days. See page 3 for details. <br />3. The Chaparral Meadows Pit is permitted for 9.7 acres of disturbance. The financial <br />warranty is a $5,000 Certificate of Deposit. The post-mining land use is agriculture. The <br />land surrounding the pit is currently used for grazing buffalo and/or li estock. <br />4. This inspector measured a total disturbance of approximately 15 acr s ( 720' x 900'). <br />The disturbance consist of 60~ pit disturbance and 40~ minimal disturbance The pit has been <br />excavated 6-8'. These measurements compared to the 9.7 acre permit boun ary as defined in <br />the permit application clearly indicate that mining has occurred outside t e permit boundary. <br />The Division therefore considers this action to be in violation of Rule and <br />will send a Reason To Believe letter to the operator. See page 3 for de ails. <br />5. It is also clear that the $5,000 financial warranty is inadequa a to reclaim the <br />Y ~~ Y~ P g <br />/! it~rriQaw~ 7~ ~.5; 0Oo <br />I & E C~~ ontact Address cc: Jim Stevens, DMG <br />^ CE Sd00 <br />NAME Vaughn DownareDOwnare ^ BL <br />OPERATOR Downare Land & Cattle ^ FS <br />STREET P.O. Box 36 ^ HW <br />CITY/STATE/2IP Hartsel, CO 80449 ^ HMWMD <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />,~ ~-Q..~ <br />~~ <br />;.,,,~. C~ NRs cs .~ <br />~ ~Z ~~s~ <br />~~ f~~G~'~ ~~ <br />~ c~ ~~~~~ <br />-, <br />~/ --- <br />disturbance to agricultural land. This inspector estimates that 18 acre eet of d'ng and <br />15 acres of revegetation will be required. The resulting reclamation c st is Q Q <br />See attached reclamation cost. The ref re, the Division requests that the operator mit a <br />financial warrant in the amount of DOlithin 60 da s See a e 3 for details. <br />~w~~ <br />(CH) <br />~~ <br />a~ <br />~P1s#s <br />~o <br />f~- 3.s <br />S,o <br />0.6 <br />-~, o <br />o,r <br /> <br />