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TRAPPER MINING INC. <br />December 19, 2005 <br />Ms. Janet Binns <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Ms. Binns: <br />REC~!~E~ED <br />DEC~~~ ~ U 2q~5 <br />~rlslwmifM4is~ <br />Division at Mi:sera r ~I~l~RsliblY <br />Please accept this letter as Trapper's response to your adequacy comments of November 18, <br />2005. Please find enclosed duplicate copies of TR-96 revision application materials <br />associated with this adequacy review. Trapper's response to Division comments are <br />outlined as follows: <br />Comment 1 response: Enclosed please find updated regrade cross-sections for <br />Derringer/Enfield pit without ash fill. The resuhing configuration includes a post mining <br />drainage where the pit existed. This drainage blends well with the surrounding <br />topography and is similar in nature to other drainages nearby. A Map M12A, Sheet 1, is <br />also included (for information purposes only) that shows the regraded Derringer/Bnfield <br />Pit in plan view. <br />• Comment 2 response: Revised Ml2 maps were semrt to you in response to this commemrt <br />under cover of November 30, 2005. <br />Comment 3 response: During a meeting with Jim Mattem of Trapper on December 6, <br />2005 it was agreed that certain PR-5 pit regrade work in the bond calculation never came <br />to pass due to mine plan changes. This included the backfilling and grading of F strike <br />pit, extensions in G strike pit and extensions in Z pit (a.k.a. East F pit). The TR-96 <br />numbers for these pits have not been modified for this response. Backfilling and grading <br />of East Ashmore pit was not a part of TR-96 and has been added as agreed to during the <br />meeting of December 6`s. Please find enclosed cross-sections showing regrade of East A <br />pit. <br />A revised bond calculation reflecting changes from comment 1 (Derringer/Enfield pit) <br />and the addition of East A pit is enclosed. These changes aze represented by a revised <br />text page 1-31, regrade section of the bond (pages 1-34 and 1-35 throughl-35l, 1-39a), <br />and a revised total page (1-32). <br />• Comment 4 response: Due to winter conditions, it is not possible to obtain the material <br />samples necessary to determine parameters necessary to calculate the static factor of <br />safety for Deal Gulch pond. Trapper respectfully requests that TR-96 be approved with <br />P.O. Box 187 Craig, Colorado 81626 (970) 824-4401 <br />