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Umetco Minerals Corporation <br /> P.O. BOX 1029 <br /> GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO B'1502 <br /> ~ [9707 245-3700 <br />Apri126, 2002 <br />Mr. Russ Means, Reclamation Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) <br />Grand Junction Field Office <br />l0I South 3`d, Suite 301 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 <br />Re: Reclamation Report and Release Request <br />Thunderbolt Mine Group, Permit No. M-77-287 <br />Montrose County, Colorado <br />Dear Mr. Means: <br />~~a/~~ ®~Ff~~ <br />~~~ ~-~ Co~1/ <br />~~-iy»_ ate? _.. <br />Aotiow: "~ ~ ~ "'''~ <br />~e~ e e T s~.-a~ <br />8t1 <br />APR ~ ~ <br />~tga~.#~a ~~t~ rits: <br />This reclamation report and request for release from reclamation responsibility covers the <br />reclaimed Nil Mine. The mine has been subject to mining and reclamation permit M-77- <br />287, granted to Union Cazbide Corporation on June 1, 1978. Umetco Minerals <br />Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Cazbide Corporation. The mine is <br />located in Section 23 of Township 46 North, Range 17 West, NMPM (refer to attached <br />map). The landowner of the affected land is the U. S. Department of the Interior, <br />administered by the Bureau of Land Management whose representative is: <br />Lynn Lewis <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Uncompahgre Basin Resource Area <br />2502 South Townsend <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />(970)240-5305 <br />(970) 250-5367 FAX <br />The portal was closed in June 1996. Site reclamation was conducted in the fall of 1998. <br />Ventilation raises were capped or backfilled, mine spoils were removed from the <br />drainage, and the mine spoils pile was re-graded and covered with earthen material. <br />Mine related debris, power lines, and telephone lines were removed or buried on site. <br />Access roads were closed and all disturbed areas were seeded. Reclamation activities <br />continued intermittently in 1999 and 2000. A large storm event in August 1999 damaged <br />the toe of the mine spoils pile. Drainage channels at the site were repaired and improved <br />in the spring of 2000. A recent photograph of the Nil Mine spoils pile and drainage <br />channel is attached. <br />In addition to the above-described reclamation, Umetco also voluntazily closed mine <br />openings and repaired damages caused bypre-law mining operations in the area. <br />02-069.doc <br />