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Pa e 2 <br />MINE ID # OR INSPECTOR'S <br />PROSPECTING ID #: M-1997-007 INSPECTION DATE: 6/1912006 INITIALS: CMR <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was conducted as part of the normal monitoring and enforcement inspection process that the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) carries out on atl permitted mines in Colorado at least once every <br />four years. Chris Rowe from the Division carried out the inspection; also present was Mr. Albert Templeton The <br />Denver Brick (Operator) representative. The mine is located 8 miles east of Kiowa, and just north of the <br />Dawson mine <br />This is a 30.06 acre mine site and is broken up into three phases, plus an access corridor. All three phases <br />have been mined or are being mined, with near 100% disturbance. The mining has stayed within the permitted <br />boundaries, but goes right up to the boundary around most of the mine. The phase one and two excavations <br />have both been filled in and some regrading has commenced. There are stockpiles and overburden piles <br />covering a portion of phase one and covering much of phase 2. Phase three is currently being mined, with the <br />excavation currently open. Along a portion of the northern boundary of phase 3 a highwall has been created <br />directly up to the permit boundary. The topsoil stockpile is located along the western boundary and is <br />vegetated and segregated from the stockpile and overburden piles. Along the eastern boundary overburden <br />has been backfilled into some dry swales. The slopes along the southern and eastern boundary are as steep <br />as 1:1. The mine plan calls for concurrent reclamation. And while the three phases were mine according to the <br />mine plan, the extent of reclamation is not as advanced as the mine plan suggests. Because there is some <br />level of concurrent reclamation, this will not be listed as a problem, however the $74,339 bond is insufficient to <br />carry out reclamation across the entire mine site in its current state of disturbance. The Division has <br />recalculated the reclamation warranty, the new required financial warranty for the Bijou mine is $126,837. The <br />Operator will be sent a letter informing them of the change and requesting the financial surety. <br />The weed problem that seen at the nearby Dawson mine, does not appear to be a problem at the Bijou mine, <br />probability because the entire site has been recently disturbed. The Operator should continue to check for the <br />presence of noxious weeds and begin control if establishment occurs. <br />The mine site was otherwise in good shape. <br />Enforcement and Inspection Contact Address <br />NAME: Albert Templeton <br />OPERATOR: The Denver Brick Company <br />STREET: 410 Prairie Hawk Dr. <br />CITY/STATE2IP: Castle Rock, CO 80104 <br />cc. <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CO Hazardous Materials and Waste Division <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management CO State Engineers Office <br />U.S. Forest Service CO Water Quality Control Division <br />CO Department of Transportation X OTHER: State Land Board <br />