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<br />SMUGGLER MINE SITE <br />Main mine bench-2.1 acres <br />s-~ EXHIBITD <br />The structures occupying the main mine bench without a future use will be salvaged and <br />removed. The Smuggler Shaft will be capped. A sufficient quantity of soil material will be hauled <br />and distributed to a depth of six inches throughout the unvegetated portions of the site. The main <br />mine bench will be revegetated as described in Sections D-4.3, D-4.4, and D-4.5. No additional <br />grading of the main mine bench will be required because drainage will be routed to the depression <br />in the bench. The driveway into the site will be left intact for access to the site and to the road <br />accessing the Clark and No. 2 Tunnel portals. <br />D-4.7 Alternate Reclamation Plan Costs <br />Cost estimates of the major reclamation activities are calculated and presented in <br />Spreadsheets l through 4, below, and site specific costs are compiled and totaled in Spreadsheet 5. <br />The cost calculations provide an estimate of the cost to reclaim all mining related disturbances <br />assuming a worst case situation wherein the reclamation is contracted to an independent third party. <br />The calculations are illustrated in the following series of spreadsheets. <br />SPREADSHEET 1 details the cost of purchasing, transporting, and distributing growth <br />medium on the disturbed area; <br />SPREADSHEET 2 estimates the cost of the seed mix for revegetatinn; <br />SPREADSHEET 3 estimates the cost of revegetating; <br />SPREADSHEET 4 estimates the cost of ripping the main mine bench prior to <br />revegetating; and <br />SPREADSHEET 5 compiles the activities and costs on a site by site basis, and totals all <br />costs. <br />The estimate is the cost in 1995 dollars to reclaim all mine related disturbances, except roads <br />which will be left in place for access throughout the site. Most of the equipment production values, <br />etc., are taken from the latest edition Of [he CATERPILLAR PERFORMANCE HANDBOOK. The <br />equipment costs are estimated unit contract costs including operator, fuel, supervision, fringe benefit, <br />insurance, maintenance, supervision, and profit costs for the Aspen area. <br />Shaft Capping <br />The Smuggler Shaft, located on the main mine bench, will be capped. The shaft is too deep <br />to backfill. Therefore, a cap will be designed and constructed in accordance with specifications <br />acceptable to the Mined Land Reclamation Division. In its present configuration, Dump No. 2 will <br />not extend to and cover the shaft. If additional material is added to the dump through the life of the <br /> <br />- 29 - SMUGGLER MME SITE <br />