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<br />• • ~ III IIIIIIIUUU m <br />RECLAMATION PLAN FOR CROSS MINE ' """' <br />~: ~ ~ ,- . <br />Pre-Mining Description <br />The Cross Mine was an existing mine located in the SW', <br />NW;, Section 9, Township 1 South, Range 73 West, 6th P.M., <br />Boulder County, Colorado. Access is over the existing Nederland- <br />Caribou road, and by the existing Cross Mine cutoff from :he <br />"winter road" section of the county-maintained Nederland-caribou <br />road. Please note the existence of these roads on the 19'2 <br />quadrangle map prepared by the United States Department o]` the <br />Interior. <br />Mine dumps existed at the Cross site prior to the conunence- <br />ment of rehabilitation activity in 1974. Prior to 1976, e:everal <br />hundred tons of dump material were removed from the site to afford <br />a more level surface for equipment handling. Removal of the excess <br />material enhanced the reclamation potential of the mine area. <br />Mining Activity <br />The majority of surface disturbance in the area occurred <br />decades prior to the passage of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Act in 1976. Very minor changes in dump configuration were made <br />during 1974-75. All mining activity has been confined to a <br />trapezoidal area roughly one (1) acre in size. <br />No new material has been added to the dump area since passage <br />of the 1976 Act. Since mining activity began, development has <br />occurred primarily by driving directly on vein material. ~~re is <br />shipped directly to the mill, with only a minimal stockpile remain- <br />ing on the premises. Since the shrink stoping method uti:Lized in <br />