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UNPERMITTED CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL EXTRACTION OR EXPLORATION OPERATION Presentation Form GENERAL INFORMATION Inspection Date: July 11, 2006 File No.: M-2006-053 Operator: Canyon Rim Stone Quarry, LLC Landowner: Everett and Florence Jackson Commodity: Sandstone Acres affected: 4.6 County: Las Animas Method of Mining: surface Specialist: Chris Rowe WAS THIS CASE THE RESULT OF A ROUTINE INSPECTION? NO OR COMPLAINT? YES DIVISION'S REASON FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD AS MINING WITHOUT A PERMIT VERSUS MINING OUTSIDE THE PERMIT BOUNDARY (DMG Policy -For any 110 type operation, if the operator affects greater than two acres, the operator shall be found for mining without a permit. For all other permitted operations, mining without a permit shall be determined on a case-by-case basis. Items to consider include the amount of disturbance, type of disturbance, ownership of the disturbed area, impact to the sun•ounding area due to the disturbance, degree of any health or safety hazazd.) NATURE OF UNPERMITTED (Construction Materials Extraction C.M.E..) Est. Acreage disturbed (Do not use for permitted sites): 4.6 Ac Est. Vol. Removed: 4,800 cubic yazds Est. Ac. outside permit boundary : NA SERIOUSNESS Operator conducted activity on own property Yes, and the minerals are owned by the federal government. Site activity, describe: There was not any activity occurring during the disturbance. There was a generator and a tractor on site. There appeazed to be recent mining activity onsite. Area wide impacts, describe -The disturbance at the possible illegal mine is made up of a quarried area and areas where sandstone is worked and stored. The disturbance area is approximately 420 feet by 480 feet (4.6 Ac). While there may have been some historic mining at this site, it appeazed that a majority of mining activity had occurred recently. The quarried area is approximately 1.5 acres and ranges in depth from two to five feet. The sandstone bedding is roughly parallel to the nearly horizontal surface topography. Overburden, waste rock, woody debris, and topsoil were scraped up and placed in several piles around the pit to a height of 5 to 10 feet. The sandstone is placed on pallets, or is loosely piled on the ground around the site. The sandstone sheets range from a foot square to greater then 20 squaze feet. Approximately 3 acres of land surrounding the quarry had sandstone stored on it.