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(Page 2) MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1995-034 INSPECTION DATE 6/15/06 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO OBSERVATIONS This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Construction Materials 112c permits. The operator was contacted about the scheduled inspection. The operator's representative named on page one was present during the inspection. The site was active at the time of the inspection: a loader was in the pit, loading haul trucks that left the site. The required permit ID sign was posted at the NW entrance gate to the site. The corner markers (steel T-posts) are in place also. There is a substantial amount of room to expand the pit to the N and the S, and especially to the E. The W highwall is vertical, and is approaching the W boundary. Sufficient setback distance should be left unmined to allow for cut and fill slope reduction. The S highwall was sloped to its reclamation gradient when it was last mined. It has not been disturbed for several years, and some natural revegetation (primarily greasewood) is becoming established. Greasewood is predominant on the surrounding undisturbed land. The operator has not seeded any of the disturbed areas on the site. Portions of the E and N highwall have also been graded down to 3:1. The N highwall is the active area of excavation, and is limited to removal of material that has sloughed to the toe of the highwall. The operator indicated the large population of bank swallows that were currently nesting in the vertical part of the N highwall, which are being avoided by the operator while the birds are there. The vertical part of the W highwall contains prehistoric lake sediment layers that have interested geologists from the Colo Geological Survey. Reclamation grading could obscure those features. In order to retain the value of such exposed layers, the operator may wish to revise the reclamation plan to keep a portion of that W highwall vertical. Please inquire to this office to discuss revising the reclamation plan. There is no recognizable topsoil, and there is no requirement to salvage any for reclamation. There was none stockpiled on the site. The bond has not been reviewed by this office in several years, and it is time to be recalculated again. The various reclamation tasks were identified and estimated during the inspection. It was agreed that the approved plan was being followed, but that the operator mayfind areas where some partial or concurrent reclamation could be performed (such as pitfloor revegetation) to realize some relief on the recalculated bond amount. The new figures will be sent to the operator when they are prepared. No further items were observed during the inspection. Responses to this inspection report should be directed to the Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: Bob Oswald; phone no.970-247-5193. I& E Contact Address NAME Daniel M. Russell OPERATOR sel STREET 9042 So. 106 Rd. CITY/STATE/ZIP Alamosa. CO 81101 cc: David Berry, DMG ^ CE ^ BL ^ FS ^ HW ^ HMWMD (CH) ^ SE ^ WOCD (CH) ^ OTHER