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• • <br />JEROME GAMBA & ASSOCIATES, II~C. <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS RECEIVED <br />1139TH STREET, SUITE 2IA OCT 07 lggg <br />P.o. Rox lase <br />D SPRINGS, COLORADO 81602-1x56 <br />PHONE (9701945255 FA%: (970) 946 1410 Division of Minerals & G <br />t.~ ~cu+z Co!or:a:=o i;ivision of `Minerals slid Geolog7 ~b9Y <br />Deparuneut o`?.`ataral Resources <br />1313 Shetm:9n Street. Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />iiiiiiiiiiinmiii <br />Gctober 4, 1 99 <br />Re: Permit Number M 81 ?U7, RL-SPONSE TO LETTER OF % SEPTEIvIBER 1999 <br />%\an: Mr. Gregg Squire <br />liear .\r. Squire: <br />This is in response to your letter to Mr. William Roberts date•-: 2 Szptember 1999. i <br />apologizz for not responding earlier. however, I was out of the office virtually all of <br />September. <br />.4s you anticipated, the "worst case' situation as related to maximlrrl disturbance <br />will be at the point that mining has progressed to the e:isrern limits of the propem` <br />artd ha. started back westerly, but not sulficienth' far to allow fcr the start r,,r <br />reclamation. <br />_. The ma;:il-[um ~~ardage of topsoil overburden is estimatec!• !o cccus at th+r. n::int ::'. <br />thz ~`wurst case' as noted in ].above. It is estimated tharihe stodcpi!e~_ <br />overburdzn!topsoll at !hat point will be approximately ~! 7.>00 cu, Iz yards. T 1Tis <br />does not include the ulsrlined overburden/topsoil on the wzstzrr_ end of rile <br />operation which is estimated at 886.!00 cubic yards. The reclalnatior. ofihe zast <br />end of the minzd area will be accomplishzd wit ~ overbttrder~topsuii a:aterial _`rom <br />the stockpile on the northzaste:n comer ol'the property. "this will he a sautherh. <br />downhill mat°rial movement of appro~cim uel~' '.>>0 fee* aver^e l~~}tile so!ne oY :% <br />the material may be transported ',vith scrapers to d;e farehest point, it is ]ilo:•Iv t7at <br />mOSC Ui tlii', u:atf rlai l%vlii bit !TiJVed wlth bi11U ~O'LeL". Th2 S+1rtaC05 :':111 [?C' Sna['•e:i <br />and graded with a bulldozer. After the east end of t'_te pit is reclaimed. ti:e <br />average movement distance from that stockpile to tltz aria or reclamati,;r, is <br />estimated to average 2~0 ;ee[. <br />3. The estimated toial acreage of reclaimed 2.~H - ! V ;lopes is =4:?.~ acres; a;;d the <br />estimated area of tiTC flat pit bottom is 22.8 acres. The sicpes will be crem~~.d b <br />the placement of oczrhurden/topsoil, and will d~zlcG,re be ready for seedin "Cho <br />estimated <br />ume of excess <br />2U3,?40 cubic ~ seas. .4 2 too[ layer of <br />the slopes are zrzateri is <br />lnsnil nn the 2''.8 acre<<~•ill <br />requn't . ,. UU cuulc yards. which leaves an estimated a:servz of 13C,!?U i~li~ic <br />yards. 1'he conulacud surtacz to be seeded will bz disked with a buildo =: tractor <br />parallzl to the zora ors. 13iosol and straw mulch will be hand appi;ell fullri'.YI::{ <br />hand broadcasting of the seed mixture or. the disked SurlaC+.. t6i.GP+1;7~ lit:Cie <br />