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PROPOSAL # 5- REMOVAL OF LOOSE GYPSUM VENEER FROM HIGHWALL CONTACT <br />THIS PROPOSAL INVOLVES THE REMOVAL OF LOOSE UNSTABLE WEATHERED GYPSUM ROCK FROM <br />THE STABLE HIGHWALL FACE OF GOLD HILL. IN PAST YEARS, 300 MAN HOURS EACH SUMMER <br />SEASON WAS EXPENDED IN REMOVING LOOSE MATERIALS FROM THE HIGHWALL FACE WHICH LIES AT <br />55 DEGREES. THE GYPSUM VENEER WAS LEFT BY MINING OPERATIONS IN THE 19605 IN <br />ATTEMPT TO LIMIT CONTAMINATION BUT IS NOW A SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO ITS TENDENCY TO <br />BECOME UNSTABLE AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF WEATHERING. NO LOOSE ROCK REMOVAL <br />OPERATONS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN AT THIS SITE SINCE 1990 FIELD SEASON, AND SEVERAL <br />HUNDRED TO A COUPLE OF THOUSAND TONS OF LOOSE VENEER SHOULD BE REMOVED TO EXPOSE <br />THE STABLE LIMESTONE FOOTWALL MATERIAL UNDERLYING THE GYPSUM ORE. THIS LOOSE <br />MATERIAL REMOVAL WILL IMPROVE THE OVERALL SAFETY CONDITION OF THE HIGHWALL AND SHOW <br />THAT THE 55 DEGREE BEDDING PLANE IS AN ACGEPTABLE FINAL RECLAMATION SURFACE FOR <br />MEETING FINAL RECLAMATION STANDARDS OF LONG RANGE STABILITY AND SAFETY. WHERE EVER <br />POSSIBLE, A RENTED CRANE WILL BE USED TO DISLODGE LOOSE VENEER GYPSUM FROM THE <br />SLOPING CONTACT, ALLOWING IT TO SLIDE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HIGHWALL AREA INTO A <br />BENCHED AND BERM PROTECTED AREA DIRECTLY BELOW THE HIGHWALL OUTCROP. HOWEVER, <br />THE PAST EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT ATLEAST 500 MAN HOURS OF <br />HIGHWALL ROPE WORK WILL BE INVOLVED IN BARRING DOWN AND SHOOT NG DOWN OF LOOSE <br />ROCK WHICH CANNOT BE REACHED WITH THE CRANE VIA HAND PLACED EXPLOSIVE CHARGES. THE <br />PROPOSAL INCLUDES THE COSTS OF EXPLOSIVES, LABOR, TRAINING OF THE HIGHWALL WORKERS. <br />INSURANCE, AND SUB-CONTRATOR COSTS OF THE CRANE FOR ONE MONTHS OPERATONS OVER THE <br />SIX ACRE AREA. <br />PROPOSAL #5 TOTAL COST ..................................................... ....... 22,000.00 <br />WORK WILL BE PERFORMED AND BILLED OVER TWO MONTHS STARING IN JUNE OR JULY, 1996 <br />THE ABOVE FIVE PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO CONTINUE TO BRING THE COALDALE MINE SITE INTO <br />COMPLIANCE WITH STATE MINING LAW AND MINED LAND RECLAMATON BOARD ORDER OF <br />BEGINNING MINE CLOSURE WORK DURING THE 1996 FIELD SEASON. DO APPRECIATE YOUR <br />REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THE ATTACHED PROPOSALS AND COORESPONDENCE TO ME AS <br />SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT I MAY HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO PREPARE AND ORGANIZE MY <br />PERSONNEL FOR 1 996.THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATON. <br />VERY TRULY YOURS, <br />~'~G~ <br />KEN~N~ET~H $. KwLC~\O <br />AZURfTE, INC. <br />