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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-1995-004 <br />INSPECTION DATE: 03/20/2006 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: RMW/CBM <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was conducted in response to the operator's request for a Technical Revision to the existing mining <br />plan and as part of the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) monitoring program. Present at the inspection were <br />Richard Wenzel and Carl Mount from the DMG and Billy Clark and Bill Underbrink from Grand County Department <br />of Road and Bridge. <br />The Inspiration Point Pit is located approximately 9.5 miles southwest of Kremmling, Colorado on County Road 107. <br />A steel gate secured the entrance to the site and a sign was posted identifying the site as the Inspiration Point Pit. <br />Permit boundaries were not clearly marked. See Problem 1 on the following page foradditional details. Topsoil was <br />stockpiled along the north, south and west sides of the site. A moderate amount of vegetation was growing on the <br />topsoil stockpiles. A steep, west-facing slope bordered the east side of the site. The north half of this slope <br />consisted of a highwall approximately 50 feet high. The south half of this slope consisted of unmined material that <br />had been placed against the highwall to help reduce sloughing of material from above. However, past sloughing in <br />this area has resulted in a scarp that may or may not be within permit boundaries, and will need to be stabilized in <br />the near future. See Problem 2 on the following page for additional details. Along the south side of the site, the <br />current mining slope is estimated to be approximately 3:1 (H:V). At the time of this inspection, several inches of <br />snow covered the slope but a moderate amount of vegetation was visible. The bottom of the pit was flat and free of <br />vegetation. No pools of standing water were observed, however, several areas appeared wet due to the recent <br />snowfall. A large stockpile of processed material was observed in the northwest comerof the site nearthe entrance. <br />Numerous piles of what appear to be fill material were observed in the northeast corner of the site adjacent to the <br />highwall. County Road 107, which originally traversed the site in a northwestfsoutheast direction, has been rerouted <br />from its original location so that it now runs parallel to the western boundary of the site west of the topsoil stockpiles. <br />No active mining was in progress during this inspection and no equipment was on site. The site appeared neat and <br />orderly and was free of trash and debris. Problems noted during this inspection are described above and on the <br />following page. <br />Enforcement and Inspection Contact Address <br />NAME: <br />OPERATOR: <br />Billy Clark <br />Grand County <br />STREET: 467 E. Topaz Ave. <br />CITYISTATElZIP: Granby. CO 80446 <br />cc: <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br />U.S. Forest Service <br />CO Department of Transportation <br />CO Hazardous Materials and Waste Division <br />CO State Engineers Office <br />CO Water Quality Control Division <br />OTHER: <br />