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<br />W tore Buatcs M[t~re <br />E~tmtT B <br />Page 7 <br />Creek, the Crystal River, or both. Vegetative cover on the steeper slopes and outcrops is sparse to <br />absent, while cover on the lower portion is substantial. <br />Topographically the permit area consists of a relatively flat area southwest of FDR 310, where relief <br />is only a few feet, and a moderate to steep hillside northeast of FDR 310, where relief within the <br />permit azea is approximately 80 feet. The 6,800-ft contour line passes through the mine bench. <br />6.3.2(b) Man-Made Structures; see also Eahibt E-1 <br />Except for mine structures currently on site the only man-made structure in or within 200 ft of the <br />permit area is FDR 310. FDR 310 was reportedly constructed in the late 1800's to serve several small <br />trines and mineral prospecting ventures in the Bull Dog Creek -Avalanche Creek -Hell Roaring <br />Creek area and is now maintained by the White River National Forest, U. S. Department fAgticulture, <br />from its intersection with Colorado Highway 133 to the present Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness <br />Area boundary at the Avalanche Campground, about 2 miles southeast of the White Banks Mine. <br />The road through the permit azea is graded dirt with a significant ditch on the upslope side. This <br />ditch conducts drainage from three ephemeral gullies, two of which cross the permit area <br />northwesterly through the permit area to a point just west of the west boundary, where a low dip <br />crossing allows the ditch to drain into the meadow on the southwest side of the road. A much larger <br />dip crossing further to the east conveys drainage from a larger ephemeral gully into the meadow area <br />below the permit area. Drainage from the large canyon even further east crosses the road <br />approximately 1,000 ft from the permit boundary. Drainage from the fill or down slope-side of FDR <br />310 is not ditched or otherwise concentrated but diffuses into the meadow southwest of the road. <br />A buried telephone line owned and maintained by US West Communications extends from the <br />western permit boundary to the existing mine shop/office cabin. The sole purpose ofthis line, which <br />terminates at the cabin, is to provide for telephone communications at the mine. The line serves no <br />other customers beyond the permit boundary. <br />A pole-mounted power line is in the process of being installed from existing Holy Cross Energy <br />service only a few feet from the boundary ofthe White Banks claims to the mine site, in accordance <br />with original Pitkin County permitting requirements. The pole line and accompanying facilities are <br />shown on the appropriate maps accompanying this application. <br />There are no other known man-made structures, including buried utilities, in or within 200 ft of the <br />permit area. <br />6.3.2(c) Water Resources <br />There are no permanent or intermittent streams within the boundaries ofthe permit area. There are <br />no other surface water resources, such as springs, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, or known aquifers within <br />or immediately adjacent to the permit area. There are no water resources such as streams, springs, <br />