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jJ <br />' EXHIBIT C - MINING PLAN - AMENDED <br />The proposed Incas mining operation is located approximately <br />' 12 air miles northwest (17 miles by highway and trail) of <br />Durango, Colorado. Highway access to the property is via U. S. <br />Highway 160 from Durango to Hesperus then north to Mav Dav by <br />La Plata County Road 124. Just north of the town a U. S. <br />Forest Service road intersects County Road 124 and by way of a <br />ford across the La Plata River provides access to the Idaho <br />Mill Site. A private roadway connects the mill site to the <br />' Jeep Trail in Little Deadwood Gulch (see moo - Exhibit A). <br />From this intersection the Jeep Trail (12 feet in width) winds <br />approximately two miles to the mine site. This Jeep Trail. <br />which crosses both U. S. Forest Service and private lands, <br />leads to the Incas Mine site near the crest of Dhwiler F.idge <br />in the La Plata Mountains. This trail is accessible <br />seasonally, usually from May through late October. <br />The property lies within the La Plata Mountains which are <br />located along the southwestern flank of the San Juan Mountains <br />' uplift. The La Plata Mountains rise abruptly and form <br />e;<tremely rugged, narrow divides at the higher elevations with <br />steep canyons radiating away from the high oea4:s. <br />Specifically, the Incas Mine comple:< is located on the <br />southwest face of Ohwiler Ridae at the 1~~.6~7~?-foot elevation <br />contour (See map - E:<hibit A). Mesozic sediments of Junction <br />Cree4:. WanaF~ah, Entrada. and Dolores Formations and Eocene <br />igneous intrusive rocks have been faulEed by two sets of <br />faults. The north-northwest fault set is selectively <br />mineralized within favgrable sedimentary units. Additional <br />' ore formed as ad;oining replacement bodies which e::tend <br />outward from the veins within the Ponv E;tpress Limestone and <br />6i11: Cree4; Sandstone. <br />' Lode mining began in the California Mining District of La <br />Plata and Montezuma Counties in 1874 after the discovery of <br />placer gold on the La F'lata River. The history of mining in <br />Little Deadwood Gulch began in the early 19C~~~'s with the <br />staking of the Helen Claim followed by the Gertrude, Cathvrn. <br />and Mav Dav Claims. The Incas and Unexpected Lode Claims were <br />' surveyed-on April 1 and 2, 1904. The Van-Emmett Gold Mining <br />and Milling Co. obtained patents later that same near. In <br />1907, The Van-Emmett Gold Mining and Milling Co. was awarded <br />' patents for Incas Ng.l, Oriental. Incas No.2. Incas No.3, <br />Northern Slope, Unexpected No. 1, Unexpected No. 2, Unexpected <br />No.3, Great Divide. Great Divide No. i. Great Divide No. 2, <br />' Mother Y.night, and Moonlight Mineral Lode Claims. <br />The Mav Dav and Idaho Mines were the largest producers in the <br />Gulch. Considerable development also gccurred on the Incas <br />and Une>:oected Claim Bloc4::s. Mining activities beoan in 1904 <br /> <br />1 <br />