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PROPOSAL #4--GOLD HILL HIGHWALL MINE BENCH REMOVAL AND RECOPITOURING <br />THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE REMOVAL OF OLD MINE BENCHES ALONG THE GOLD HILL <br />FOOTWALL CONTACT OVER AN AREA OF FOUR ACRES OF SOME OF THE MOST VISIBLE AND OBVIOUS <br />HIGHWALL AREAS IN THE MINE SITE. THE REMOVAL OF HIGHWALL BENCHES WILL BE <br />ACCOMPLISHED BY THE DRILLING AND BLASTING OF THE TWENTY-FIVE FOOT BENCHES AND <br />BULLDOZER WORK TO RECONTOUR THE SLOPES FOR PERMANENT EROSION CONTROL AND <br />REVEGETATION POTENTAL OF THE FINISHED SLOPE. THE AREA IS LOCATED IN THE GOLD HILL <br />AREA AS SHOWN ON THE AERIAL PHOTOS ADJACENT TO THE PERMANENT HIGHWALL WHICH LIES AT <br />55 DEGREES COMPARED TO THE EXISTING MINE BENCHES WHICH PORTRAY 9O DEGREE FACES <br />AND ARE CONSIDERED UNSTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE FOR FINAL RECLAMATON. THIS WORK WILL <br />TAKE ANOTHER FOUR ACRES OF MINING GROUND CURRENTLY UNDER BOND A STEP CLOSER TO <br />BOND RELEASE AND PERMANENT CLOSURE WHILE NOT ELIMINATING OR COVERING ANY MINEALBE <br />GYPSUM RESERVE POTENTIAL. THE PRODUCTION DRILL WHICH IS STILL ON SITE WILL BE USED <br />FOR THE DRILLING OF BLASTH OLES ON THE MINE BENCHES. THE PRODUCTION DRILL HAS BEEN <br />STORED FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND COULD USE THE MAINTENANCE AND THE LIMITED <br />OPERATION HOURS TO HELP KEEP THE DRILL IN REASONABLE OPERATING CONDITION. AFTER <br />BLASTING OF APP, 5000 TONS OF ANHYDRITE AND LOW GRADE GYPSUM LEFT ON THE MINE <br />BENCHES, APP. 100 BULLDOZER HOURS ARE ANTCIPATED IN DOZING THE HIGHWALL AREA TO A <br />FINAL STABLE CONFIGURATION. NATIVE GRASS AND LEGUME SEED WILL BE PLANTED OVER ALL <br />DISTURBED GROUND AND STRAW MULCH WILL BE APPLIED AT A RATE OF 4000# PER ACRE. THIS <br />PROJECT WILL MEET THE STATES DEMAND TO CONTINUE WITH CLOSURE RECLAMATION WORK AT <br />THE SITE WHILE NOT COVERING UP OR LIMITING ORE REMOVAL IN ANY WAY. THE PROPOSAL PRICE <br />INCLUDES SUB CONTRACT WORK FOR BULLDOZER (APP 100 HRS), DRILL OPERATIONAL COST <br />(APP. TWO-THREE WEEKS OF OPERATION) AND BLASTING MATERIALS, INSURANCE, ETC. FOR <br />REMOVAL OF THE MINE BENCHES AND RECONTOURING OF THE AREA. THE PRICE ALSO INCLUDES <br />THE REVEGETATION MATERIALS AND LABOR TO INSTALL AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. <br />PROPOSAL #4 TOTAL PRICE ............................ .. ........... ................. 35,000.00 <br />FIELD WORK WILL BE PERFORMED AND BILLED OVER FIVE MONTHS STARTING IN MAY, 1996 <br />