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The Mount Royale portal areas were also the site(s) of earlier mining <br />operations (circa 1880's), and several resultant waste rock dumps are <br />present. L'itde to no vegetation exists on the waste rods dump surfaces, <br />with most areas of vegetative encroachment typically being assodated <br />with the thin soil bases that have established around the edges or toes of <br />the waste rods dumps. <br />(b) Man-Made Structures Near Permit Area <br />The Cash and Who Do Mine Project area has been the site of mining <br />activity dating from the 1870s, as well as recent mining activity. Most of <br />the recent (drea 1950 to present) activity has been centered on the Cash <br />Mine, Who Do Mine, and the upslope Gold Hill Mill (roughly 800 feet <br />northwest of the Cash Mine). While there are remnant mine-related <br />structures present in and about the pernit area, there are no known (non- <br />mine related) structures present within a 200-foot radius from either the <br />current or proposed (amended) permit areas. <br />(c) Description of Water Resources of Area <br />Surface Water Resources <br />The surface water drainage on the affected lands is generally ephemeral, <br />consisting almost entirely of runoff originating as rainfall and/or snowmelt. <br />Flows produced by these features drain to either Cash Gulch (central and <br />western portions of the general area) or Black Cloud Gulch on the eastern <br />portion. [Note: "Black Cloud Gulch° is ident~ed as "Black Hawk Gulch° <br />on U.S.G.S. topographic mapping; however it has been more frequently <br />referenced in other documentation as either Black Cloud Gulch or <br />McKnight Gulch. Mount Royale Ventures LLC prefers to utilize the name <br />"Black Cloud Gulch°) <br />Both Cash Gulch and Black Cloud Gulch are tributary to Gold Run Creek. <br />Cash Gulch enters Gold Run Creek at a location just downstream of <br />Summerville, whereas Black Cloud Gulch enters Gold Run Creek about <br />600 feet further downstream. Gold Run Creek is tributary to Fourmile <br />Creek at a point approximately 1 mile downstream of Black Cloud Gulch <br />(in the vicinity of Salina). Fournile Creek is in turn tributary to Boulder <br />Creek approximately 5 miles further downstream (in the vicinity of <br />Orodell). <br />During most of the year surficial flow is intermittent, and flow events <br />observed in Cash Gulch seldom result in sustained or measurable flows <br />at the Boulder County Road 89 drainage culvert location (approximately <br />2,100 feet downgradrent of the Permit Area). The vertical elevation <br />differential between the Mount Royale No. 1 Adit and the culvert location <br />is on the order of 400 feet. Flow events, 'rf/when sustained as surficial <br />flow downgradient of the culvert location, would follow a course defined <br />by Cash Gulch over an approximate distance of 2,400 feet in a <br />southeasterly direction to its confluence with Gold Run Creek. Similarly, <br />Exhlldt B - Slte Description 4 <br />