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J- <br />15. 6.3.2 EJCHIBIT B -SITE DESCRIPTION <br />The following addresses specific sites for the proposed excavations. Each site is scoped to be larger <br />than the intended excavation by approximately 1/3. This is necessary to allow for the footprint of <br />heavy machinery, storage piles for topsoil, and possible excavation of pegmatite leads. <br />Although excavations and total disturbance will be less than 60 percent of the requested disturbance, <br />the previous permit did not adequately allow for contingencies, and it became clear in order to properly <br />operate, a new permit was needed. <br />Most of the sites, particulazly those on the SMOKY HAWK, BLUE SMOKY, and SMOKY DOG, <br />have been extensively disturbed through previous hand digging. Our operation will reclaim adjacent <br />hand-dug areas. <br />General: <br />The entire region in which these claims are located was burned by the Hayman fire of 2002. Damage <br />throughout the area ranges from light burned to severely burned. All sites covered by this permit <br />application were burned. Some areas are recovering rapidly. Others remain ban•en, scorched soil. <br />Timber damage in some areas was light and the remaining trees aze recovering. Most areas have <br />completely burned timber in which only snags remain. Many snags aze rotted and presently toppling. <br />6.3.2 Ll Soils: <br />Most of the soils in the excavation sites were sterilized and little duff nor organic material remains. <br />Generally the granitic soils in this region aze not highly subject to erosion. The scattered bunch <br />grasses, shrubs, and timber serve to adequately trap the precipitation, even heavy downpours, and <br />enable the moisture to soak in and not run off heavily. Due to the fire, a large areas have a "baked <br />surface" which the rain cannot penetrate. Runoff coming off these areas can be heavy and can cause <br />some erosion problems. <br />6.3.2 (bl Structures: <br />No permanent man-made structures exist within these sites. <br />6.3.2 (c) Water resources: <br />Crystal Creek is situated 165 feet lower in elevation and at least 825 feet to the northeast of the closest <br />site on the SMOKY DOG, ELK HORN, and SMOKY HAWK claims. An unnamed, intermittent <br />tributary of Crystal Creek is situated 140 feet lower in elevation and at least 780 feet to the southwest <br />of the closest site on the WOLF FANG and BLUE SMOKY claims. There is no other surface water <br />located on these claims. None of the excavations will penetrate the water table. None of the <br />excavations will produce any drainage or discharge of any type. <br />