ENFORCE22605

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 5/16/1985
• Doc Name: COAL INSPECTION REPORT
• Violation No.: CV1986051
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Richard D. Lamm
Governor
Operation
File No.:
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Dared H. Getchea Executive Director
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
DAVID C. SHELTON, Director
COAL INSPECTION REPORT
Operator Name:
Permittee Name
Address:
County:
Inspection Date:
Type of Operation:
Inspector:
Weather:
Time:
NORTH THOMPSON CREEK
C-025-81
Snowmass Coal Company
Same
P. 0. Box 980
Carbondale, Colorado 81623
Pitkin/Garfield
May 16, 17, 1985
Underground, Federal
Jeffrey Deckler, Candace Thompson, Robert Liddle
Cloudy, cool
8:30 a. m.
Type of Inspection: Complete
Operator Contact: Scott Jones
I. General Comments
At the time of the inspection the mine was inactive. Most of the coal
stockpile had been sold off to Mid-Continent Resources.
Upon arrival at the site a discharge was noted from No. 1 Mine which was
apparently acid. The discharge was emanating from a leaking seal in a
pre-law, abandoned section of the workings in the B coal seam. The discharge
had begun on Monday, May 15, and was being routed into the lower wash plant
pond. An orange-yellow "yellow boy" had been deposited along its flow path.
The operator had sent samples of the pond discharge to the Colorado Department
of Health (CDH) and was awaiting a response from the Department. In the
interim the following mitigation measures were being instituted:
1) Diversion of the discharge into the lower wash plant pond for maximum
storage and retention time.
2) Aeration of discharge using a v-notch weir in the collection ditch and a
pump in the pond.
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