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<br />(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-77-484 <br /> <br />INSPECTION DATE: Seo[ember 21, 2000 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: AIW <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection conducted by Tony Waldron of DMG. The operator was not present during the <br />inspection. The site is located approximately 7 miles southwest of Springfield, Colorado. The pit is situated along an oxbow <br />terrace of Cat Creek. The operator expressed an interest in obtaining final performance warranty release for this site and the <br />inspection was conducted with this in mind. <br />This pit is no longer active and has been reclaimed. The pit walls have all been sloped to 2H:1 V or (latter and have been <br />topsoiled and seeded. The pit bottom is relatively level and appears to have been seeded as grass establishment is evident, <br />however, cattle were observed grazing on the site and had appeared to have utilized the pit bottom heavily giving it the <br />appearance of very sporadic vegetative cover. The slopes are relatively stable and well vegetated in some areas but are <br />exhibiting excessive erosion in the form of rills and small gullies in other areas. The areas between the rills have fairly good <br />grass cover on them, however, it would appear that these slopes will continue to unravel unless some corrective measures are <br />implemented. Therefore, this is being cited as a problem on page three of this inspection report along with appropriate <br />corrective actions. Part of those actions will be to fill in the rills and gullies and spread the straw and manure mixture that is <br />stockpiled along the southern end of the pit across the most highly eroded portions of the sloped areas followed by inter- <br />seedingwith the approved seed mixture. <br />In addition, there is obviously a fairly sizeable sub-watershed above the southeastern side of the pit that directs overland flow <br />across the most highly eroded areas. Something needs to be done to break up and re-direct these concentrated flows or any <br />repair work that is completed will likely be washed away with the next large precipitation event that generates overland flow. <br />One suggestion would be to install a diversion ditch to redirect the flows away from entering the pit over the sloped areas. <br />This diversion will need to divert the water well to the west and/or north so that it drops off into Cat Creek in a flatter area. <br />Another suggestion would be to funnel the flow into one drop point right in the southeast corner of the pit. This location <br />would obviously erode if it were not protected by shaping and armoring this selected drop point. In any event, if repairs are <br />made, and nothing else is done to control the overland flows over the pit slopes, the repairs will be destroyed in time. <br />Once the rills and gullies are repaired and the occurrence of future flow problems are minimized, the operator could request a <br />full performance warranty release. This concluded the inspection. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Charlie Wait <br />OPERATOR: Baca Counri <br />STREET: P.0. Box 116 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: Sorint:field. CO 81073 <br />cc: Jim Stevens-DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WQCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />