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EXHIBIT E RECLAMATION PLAN <br />Short Term Reclamation Activities <br />Reclamation work at this site will have already commenced during the 2005 field season <br />and will continue through each field season for the life of mine. 2005 work includes the <br />environmental correction work performed during August 2005, to result in the removal of <br />mazble fines deposited in Taylor Gulch over the past number of mining seasons. A 500' <br />run of Taylor Gulch from the upper road crossing to the lower historic sediment basin <br />will be seeded with an approved seed mix at a broadcast rate of 20#/acre. In addition, the <br />roadway allowing equipment access to Taylor Gulch will also be seeded. Both azeas will <br />be matched with clean straw at a rate of no less than 2000#/acre. Seeding and mulching <br />operations will be performed during October 2005 or May 2006, depending on weather <br />conditions. <br />Each field season following 2005, any newly placed Yopsoil stockpiles will receive <br />seeding and mulching to minimize loss of soil to wind and run-off erosion. Any aew <br />bench azeas along the western portions above the highwatl will be seeded and mulched as <br />well, especially any surface run-off diversion ditches constructed along the western edge <br />of the affected land boundary. The eastern aspect of the of the lower waste rockpile will <br />be covered with topsoil with material from the lower staging azea topsoil pile at a rate no <br />less than 6" prior to seeding and mulching as mentioned above. Contour furrowing <br />techniques may be employed to stabilize slopes and minimize the formation of vertical <br />rilling (gully formation) during lazge storm events or sudden snowmelt. At the <br />completion of each field season, site drainage chazacteristics will be evaluated and <br />attended to prior to leaving the site for the winter months. Special attention will be given <br />to maintaining Taylor Gulch as a free flowing conduit for surface run-off including rain <br />events and spring snowmelt separate from mine site drainage, which will be routed via <br />grading and/or ditches to the lower pit azea. ]n places where Taylor Gulch crosses Forest <br />Service Road 228, an enhanced, rip-rapped channel feature will be left at the end of field <br />season which will provide for positive drainage with a minimum disruption of the <br />original drainage pattern across the site. All roadside berms, especially those along the <br />separation zone of Taylor Gulch and mine access roads, will be inspected and reinforced <br />as necessary to maintain sepazation of drainages and positive flow of all in mine drainage <br />into the lower pit azea The road cut accessing the third(currently highest) working face <br />which is located east of the affected land boundary will be closed, backfilled, and capped <br />with topsoil prior to planting with native seed mix and mulching during the 2006 field <br />season. The road cut is approximately 250' long and 16' wide and loops north and west <br />from the County Road 228 switchback towazds the marble extraction face. The road cut <br />was installed to access the upper mine workings within the past two or three field <br />seasons. The recent survey work confirmed that the road loop is not located within <br />Colorado Marble's patented claims boundaries. <br />13 <br />