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<br />SMUGGLER MINE $ITE <br />EXHIBIT C <br />MINING PLAN <br />C-1.0 Land Use <br />5 N EXHIBIT C <br />The Smuggler Mine is different from most mines. The site is on the edge of a town with <br />some of the highest residential land values in the country. The site has been a mine since the arrival <br />of civilization to the area in the 1870s. The land use of much of the surrounding area has changed <br />from farming, ranching and mining to recreation and tourism. <br />C-1.1 Mining and Mine Tours <br />Mining activity at the Smuggler Mine for the past 15 years has consisted principally of <br />rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance of existing mine workings. For the past <br />decade a peripheral activity at the mine has been mine tours for those desirous of seeing and teaming <br />something of the industry that founded Aspen. <br />The mine tours are popular because the Smuggler Mine is virtually the last vestige of mining <br />history in the area. With little or no marketing, an average of about 500 people per year tour the <br />L <br />mine. The enterprise is promising and additional marketing will be done to increase interest in thel os °~ <br /> <br />tours. It has never been the operator s intention to limit the activities at the Smuggler Mine to tours, <br />J r°r <br />` <br />~,,-' <br />but the tours help pay overhead expenses to aid the ultimate goal of seeing the mine become _ <br />productive. Tour participants relate that these tours of an active mine are far more interesting than ~"j <br />a tour of an inactive mine because it brings them closer to sharing a little of the history and romance ,fir ' <br />that goes with small scale silver mining. <br />In conjunction with additional marketing, No. 2 Tunnel has been rehabilitated in anticipation <br />of larger tour groups. Plans call for continually expanding the tour into more areas of the mine <br />workings as those portions of the mine are rehabilitated and made safe. Structures have been <br />constructed to match the appearance of buildings of the late 1800s, two tunnels have been reopened, <br />track has been relayed, and timbers have been replaced as necessary. As more surface buildings are <br />reconstructed, the tours will be expanded to include explanations and demonstrations of the various <br />support functions the buildings provide. Tours will be conducted in a fashion that does not interfere <br />with the use of the workings for exploration and mining. <br />C-1.2 Watchman's Quarters <br />Wright &Preusch Mining, Ltd. is the owner of the Smuggler mine site. It succeeded to the <br />interests of Stefan Albouy, who took his life in 1994. Wright &Preusch intends to follow through <br />on and perpetuate the plans of Albouy to restore the Smuggler mine site to a historic condition, <br />conduct mine tours, construct a watchman's quarters on the site, and operate the mine. <br />I6 - SMUGGLER MINE SITE <br />