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6.6.3(11 (t) Land surface disturbance: (See maps Exhibit EJ <br />Surface disturbance will be limited to the actual excavations and a small area <br />immediately adjacent to the excavations for topsoil storage. All mechanized equipment <br />will be "walked in" to each excavation site and travel between roads will be minimized. <br />Actual excavation sizes will approximate 1/3 acre per season. Additional disturbance for <br />topsoil storage and machine footprint will bring the total to about 1/2 acre total per <br />season. In some cases a trench for a silt fence will be cut below an excavation. Some <br />reclamation will also be conducted each season. At season end, only small prospects or <br />small dig sites up to 1!4 acre will remain open. <br />As each excavation is developed, approximately 1/3 of the excavation size will be <br />reclaimed simultaneously. Most of the time waste rock which will be used for backfill <br />will be stored on an excavated area, helping us keep the actual disturbance size below <br />that which is outlined. Mining will progress via a block fashion. ARer a 1,000 R2 azea is <br />opened, it becomes filled with material from a second block as it is excavated. <br />Generally two adjacent sites aze excavated at a given time. This allows a smaller azea to <br />be disturbed at each site rather than excavating a large area which produces more waste <br />rock, requiring a lazger area for storage and requiring a lazger machine footprint as the <br />machine works between the excavation and storage site. <br />No waste rock will be disposed of nor remain in piles on any site. All waste rock is <br />suitable and is used for refilling excavations, <br />6.3.3 (1) (g Roads: <br />No additional road construction is anticipated under this application for these claims. <br />Trail Creek Road (beginning in Lake George as Pazk County 94 and changing to Teller <br />County 32) is the main access road to F.S. Road 201 which serves the Crystal Creek <br />Mining District. Trail Creek Road originates at Lake George off of U.S. Highway 24. <br />Equipment will be brought in over Forest Service numbered roads, F.S. 201, F.S. 752, <br />F.S. 752A, F.S. 754 and /or F.S. 753. From these main system roads, unnumbered <br />logging access roads reach the designated sites as indicated in the maps of Exhibit E. <br />These existing trails are from 10 to 12 feet wide and wind in and out of trees. <br />We will use existing roads and/or trails and "walk in" machinery to mining sites which <br />aze not served by roads. When necessary, old hand-dug pits in road ways will be filled to <br />enable use. Additionally, existing roads will be minimally maintained by removing fallen <br />trees, rocks, and by improving waterbars to prevent erosion. <br />No other vehicles will leave any system or non-system established roads except in an <br />emergency. <br />