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ANACONDA Minerals Company 555 Seventeenth Street Denver. Colorado 80202 Telephone 303 293 0000 ~+- U June 14, 1985 Ms. Susan Mowry Reclamation Specialist Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Susan: Reference is made to West Elk Coal Company's (WECC) discussions with staff at the CMLRD concerning the review of WECC's application to modify its Mining and Reclamation Plan (Permit C-007-80) to construct a permanent refuse disposal site located on the uppermost bench of the Mt. Gunnison Mine surface facilities area. As we discussed, it appears at this time that the pile will. not be- built at this location. Rather, since land was recently purchased from the ~U.S. Stee);'Corporation immediately south of the North Fork.Df the ;C~unn:i5tin River end 'east of our administration trailers, WECC intends to submitj;;~n application to construct a permanent disposal site at this location. However, unti:l~ suth~`time -as construction of that pile is approved, WECC has agreed to submito`a performance bond in the amount necessary to construct and reclaim the- a~te on the upper bench and the access road to the site. In addition, bond-wiill be posted which will cover the cost of hauling the gob temporarily..stuckpiled at the "U. S. Steel laydowh area" site to the upper bench site %'antl'~Cbnstructing the pile. The quantity of gob to be hauled to the upper site`3+as determined based upon that which is presently stockpiled plus that whicK?'~•is anticipated to be generated between now and May 1, 1986 (one month .into the 1986 construction season). This bond is being posted in the event -:that the lower site is not developed and WECC Cannot meet its reclamation obligation at the Mt. Gunnison Mine. ACCESS ROAD - In order to determine construction costs of the proposed access road, Baker Engineering performed afield reconnaissance of the proposed roadway. Their field otrserv-ations indicated that in general the surficial soils consisted of topsoi } aid sandy c`;l~y with smtil l to r;large pieces of sandstoyf~+fragments as shown in'1Drawing '#MG-RC-010. These materials are t:onsistent'~along,the entire rnuter4if• the proposed roadway. The cut slope along the existing trail indicafe'd that the' thickrie;s• of the sandy clay with rock .fragments extended to~'e}reater`=than 3 feef;.in the vicinity of stations 13+00 ,to 15;+00. No.~pnsiste'rli?Srocli:"out~roQ;`w,as.noted along the roadway. However, 1'arge blocks of_ .weal:he•reda:~~n~5i:tine; were noted some 30 feet above the roadway al.ignment'betweetTstat'TOris'10+00 to 12+00. •NLCOND6 M~nenU Comwnr n . Dnn~pn pl •nmbeprtNnl6Cp~np, nr ~ ~' - ~MCO-6004-~ ~e-ee,