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(Page 5 of 'J) EX}IIBTT "D" (Sheet ¢ of 5 ) Reclamation Plan The claims were staked i_n accordance with the federal so called "18'72 Mining Iaw" and have been kept valid ever since. These claims are marked at their corners and side centers with ~ in. by 4 in. square oak wood posts set in the ground and usually with a rock cairn piled around the bottom of the post on the ground. The tops of these posts are painted red from the top down to 6 inches below the top. The next 6 inches of post is painted white immediately below the red section. (These posts were all up and visible as of Nov. 30, 1992.) The areas enclosed within the boundaries indicated by these posts are available in their entirety for mining operations if values are in evidence. The Operator proposes to mine wherever reasonably substantial deposits are detected within any of the three Mining Parcels subject to this application. In the past the operational or field season has been between April 15,and November 30 for any one year on an average. Usually a machine and operator are hired to move in just as soon as possible after the snow is gone. The machine usually works from one to three days working to locate, and/or expose ore pockets, or leads to ore pockets. My values uncovered are either removed or covered up slightly until a return trip can be made. Mining is done by hand after the machine is removed and hand work is continued until all pockets and leads have been removed. This may take any amount of time depending on the extent of available ore. Time spent mining by hand may consist of one to four days a week, which is near the physical limit for the "Operator". When the pockets and leads are mined out to some limiting factor such as rock in place too hard to move b5' hand or, played out to barren or decomposing granite, then, the "Operator" may move to another site where machine work needs to be followed up, or perhaps a need to bring the machine back may arise. Whenever it is determined that the values have been e..~}lausted at any particular site, then it will be backfilled/reclaimed when the machine is available. In some instances some part of an excavation may be backfilled while mining continues in the remaining open pit. The "Operator" will attempt to do enough work on each of the parcels each year to satisfy the assessment work required by federal law to keep the claims valid. While reclamation work/expense can be counted as assessment work, it will have to be supported in writing by an officially authonizeciagent and/or officer who is required to inspect the extent of the mining/reclamation operation and who can actually serve as a witness to such work if it becomes necessary. Even with the written support verifying that a significant amount of reclamation work/expense has been expended. it is the "Operator's" opinion that a minimum of five hundred ($500.00) worth of actual mining operations for each claim must remain in evidence in the event of an attempt to "patent" any one or more of the claims. The "Operator" being a single individual with very limited capital available, must, necessarily combine any mining with assessment work expenses. As mentioned above any machine/equipment must be hired as the "Operator"does not own any of it's own equipment. ____