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EXHIBIT C-MINING PLAN <br />Similar to most of the historic operations in the district, the mine area dates <br />from the tum-of--the-previous century, and consist of prospect pits and trenches <br />throughout the area. There are no historic structures present. The exhibit E map, <br />included herein, illustrates the location of the affected azea and other pertinent <br />features of the mining plan. <br />The existing access road, Bison St. in the City of Cripple Creek, terminates at <br />the south boundary of the mining claim; an approach road, bearing left off of the <br />"dirt road", leads to the active portion of the property. At a point on this approach <br />road, approximately 315' feet north of the southeast corner of the claim, the road <br />will begin a ] 0% grade decline 320' feet long before circling around to the south <br />into a previous 200'foot long prospect trench. The depth of the trench should not <br />exceed 60' feet maximum, with a width of no more than 60' feet. The alluvial <br />gravels excavated from this trench will be loaded into a 12 yard dump truck by a <br />6441oader, and then hauled to the on-site processing azea (SEE EXHIBIT E-3). <br />• In the processing area, a 100 ton/hour (maximum) wash plant will process the <br />ore, and the values extracted at that point. Waste water from this operation will <br />then enter a series of three small inter connection settling ponds to allow the <br />filtering out of sediment particles before it's returned to the retention pond. This <br />is a closed loop water recycling system, and therefore, zero discharge. The wash <br />plant requires 300 to 600 gallons of water per minute to operate efficiently. <br />A tailings stockpile will be established in the southwest portion of the claim <br />(70'x 190'; ] 3,300 sq. ft.). This will allow excavating equipment room <br />maneuver in a fairly narrow trench. As this trench is widened to the east, the <br />tailings pile material will be back-filled into the western portions of the trench. <br />At some point in time, there will be an ongoing mining and reclamation effort <br />taking place at the same time (SEE EXHIBIT E-3, 4, 5). <br />Page 5, 110 <br />~~ <br />