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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-2005-071 <br />INSPECTION DATE 4-4-2006 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS SSS <br />This was a second pre-operation inspection of the proposed Benson Brothers Red Shale Pit mine site conducted as a training <br />exercise for three new Environmental Protection Specialists, one of whom is an engineer who will be working with DMG <br />engineer Allen Sorenson on the evaluation of potential vibration affects on stability of cliffs located south of, and adjacent to the <br />proposed site. <br />The site was walked with topography, vegetation details and drainage patterns being noted. <br />The cliffs were observed from the county road below and from the Benson Brothers property above. The residences of Larry <br />and Janice Chick and Janet Croissant were noted below the cliffs located outside the south side of the proposed permit area. <br />There are several outbuildings on these properties that lie close to the outslope below the cliffs, but are not within 200 feet of <br />the proposed operation. Numerous boulders were noted scattered among the buildings at the base of this slope. <br />The drainage basin above the site, the location of the now reclaimed Red Canyon Coal Mine, was also observed and success <br />of the revegetation efforts, including heavy use of the reclamation by wildlife, was noted. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to Steve Shuey at the Division of Minerals and Geology, Grand Junction <br />Field Office, 101 South 3r° Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, phone number 970-243-6368. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Ed Benson <br />OPERATOR Benson Brothers <br />STREET 21240 Austin Road <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Austin. CO 81410 <br />cc: <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />