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~~ <br /> <br /> <br />(Page 21 <br /> <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-90-025 <br />INSPECTION DATE 3-22-99 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a partial inspection, conducted at the operator's request, to evaluate how the mining operation is laid out. The <br />operator would like some of the assumptions, made in determining the reclamation cost estimate, to be revised according <br />to how the operation actually functions. <br />The pit currently has only a small portion that has an open highwall face. The pit currently progresses in approximately <br />7.5 acre increments las determined by map after observing on-site conditionsl• When the 7.5 acre pit is mined out, the <br />overburden from the next 7.5 acres to be mined is transported into the mined out pit. The replaced overburden depth <br />approximates the thickness of the gravel layer. No overburden is stockpiled behind the pit. <br />Topsoil is windrowed on both sides of the advancing pit and disturbed area. Total disturbance is approximately 25 acres <br />The product stockpiles at the back end of the operation will need to be removed, and that area lof at least 7.5 acres) <br />topsoiled and revegetated prior to disturbance of the next 7.5 acre pit area. <br />The timing of the worst case reclamation cost is when the pit is fully excavated and overburden, in advance of the pit, must <br />be moved to fill the pit. Topsoil must then be replaced over the entire 25 acre area, and the entire 25 acres must be <br />revegetated. <br />The recently revised reclamation cost estimate will be recalculated to take into account the actual mining and reclamation <br />process taking place at this site. The estimate will include more accurate volume and distance figures. The revised <br />reclamation estimate will be forwarded to Haycamp Gravel in the near future. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be sent to: <br />Division of Minerals and Geology, 484 Turner Drive, Building F, Suite 101, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: Steve Shuey. <br />Steve Shuey can also be contacted at phone no. 970-247-5062. <br />I & E Contact Address cc: Tom Gillis, DMG <br />NAME <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET <br />CITY/STATE2IP <br />Billv Goode <br />Havcamo Gravel <br />7452 C.R. 24.3 <br />Cortez. CO 81321 <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD ICHI <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CHI <br />^ OTHER <br />