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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1980-146 <br />INSPECTION DATE 2/11/04 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO, HHP <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This partial inspection was pertormed by the Division as a follow-up to the 2/3/04 inspection. The operator was contacted about <br />the inspection, and the inspectors met the operator's representative at the onsite office. The operator did nt accompany the <br />inspectors during the inspection. <br />The site was active at the time of the inspection. Topsoil and overburden were being stripped in the NW part of Area B and <br />pushed into separate piles along the margins of the approved affected area. The overburden depths are still significant in this <br />new area being stripped. Trees and brush had already been stripped from several more acres in the area and windrowed. <br />These materials will each be replaced in sequence on the mined and graded areas. <br />The operator is continuing to remove the layer of conglomerate exposed in the western part of the pit. It is either drilled and <br />blasted or broken by hydraulic hammer, to a size that the crusher can handle. There was a noticeable change in the amount of <br />this conglomerate that has been broken and/or removed since the 2/3/04 inspection. <br />This office will begin to estimate the reclamation costs in the next few weeks, to be based initially on the existing mining and <br />reclamation plan, the site condition and the existing map in the file. Large portions of the permit area are not depicted, and out- <br />of-date details (mainly topography) make this map only partly useful. When the new figures are prepared theywill be submitted <br />to the operator for review. <br />No further items were observed during the inspection. No problems were observed at this time. Responses to this inspection <br />report should be directed to the Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, <br />Attn: Bob Oswald; phone no. 970-247-5193. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Debbie Bakar <br />OPERATOR C & J Gravel Products. Inc. <br />STREET 27661 Hwv. 160 East <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP Durango, CO 81301 <br />cc: Harry Posey, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />