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6. Seeps on the north facing side of the creek, adjacent to the Portal #1, noted for their orange- red staining on the creek rock faces. Three were noted near Portal fl, with another two further downstream. Photos have been taken on 8/10/92. 7. Condition of the hay bales on the south side of the creek. 8. Note any attempts at vandalism, prying of Portal #1 doors or busted up pipes, etc... Portal #1 should be secure and locked. 9. Look for any evidence of cattle compromising the integrity of the treatment ponds, especially the long pond. Breaches in the embankment and trampling on the north side are common. Cattle are not allowed on site! To date, there is no limited grazing plan even though the land owners are cattle ranchers. Evidence of blue PVC pipe between the ponds are part of a pumping system of water up to a cattle pond east and north of the site. The electrical cord that follows the creek from east to west is the juice for the pump system. Jim Stover turns it on in May and off again in June. Ponds Besides the three treatment ponds, there are five ponds on the site still active. These are the large pond P-9 to the immediate east of T2. This pond often has between 2-5 feet of water in it from precipitation events. Ponds P-2 and P-3 are on the north side of the access road, above the mine site, across the road from the orange metal gate leading down to the mine site (see D-9-7 map). These two ponds rarely have water, with P-3 a discharge pond for P- 2. Two additional ponds are at the base of the reclamation refuse area and are described below. Check for: 1. Spillways, primary and emergency. 2. Water level in P-9, noting if any discharge is visible. 3. P-91s emergency spillway condition of the hay bales. Refuse Area Reclamation At the base of the reclaimed slope (it never was a complete valley fill), lie two sediment ponds which rarely if ever have any water. monitoring wells, Dl-A and D2-A are found to the west and south sides of these ponds. These wells are the only wells monitored at the site, and information is taken quarterly. Historically, the refuse area caught fire regularly to the west side of where the current reclaimed spoil area resides. You can see "red dog" remains in the slope just east of the mine road by the wooden rail fence gate and also large "red dog" boulders have been placed in the ditch for rip rap purposes. Burnt slag is also common.