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1` • • <br />sheets for this area, and the Disturbed Areas have been superimposed on the base <br />map. The [USA claim names are also shown on the map and can be used to aid in <br />identifying individual sites. <br />Monogram Pit (Monogram Claim) Photos I ~C "?. <br />The Mono~rum Pit site is a shallow excavation and also includes a number of <br />small portals. The portals have naturally caved for the most part. One small <br />metal building remains on the site. The Disturbed Area appears to include only <br />the pit floor, and evidence of past reclamation work can be observed. Vegetation <br />is quite weedy, and some knupweed wa.c noted. The vegetation cover appears to <br />be self-sustaining, and woody bushes and shrubs are spreading onto the site. <br />Buckhom (Buckhorn Claim) Photo 3. <br />Several small pits and portals exist all over the hillside in the vicinity of the <br />Buckhorn site, so exact identification of the Disturbed Area is a bit uncertain. <br />Many of [he sites of past mining activity in this locale show no signs of <br />reclamation work ("pre-law''?). One site was located which had been graded and <br />reclaimed, and which had a good cover of vegetation coming in on [he site. The <br />vegetation looks to be well established and flourishing. <br />Great Helper Pit (Great Helper Claim) Photos 4 & 5. <br />This site is easily locatable on the crest of a bench (overlooks the Buckhorn area). <br />This site had extensive work conducted in [he 1994 - 1995 period by [he previous <br />pennittee. No erosion problems were noted. The vegetation cover is well <br />established, but is quite weedy. The road that passes through this site has been <br />closed as part of the prior reclamation work, and this limits access to sites below <br />the ridgeline and has allowed natural revegetation of the roads to progress quite <br />rapidly in favorable locations. <br />Canopus Mine Photos 6, 7. R. 9. 10. 11. <br />This site consists of three old portals and mine sites. The Canopus area is shown <br />on the topo rnap just to the west of the Bill Bady claim. Reclamation of these <br />three sites has been particularly successful (see photos), and in fact the sites could <br />be easily overlooked if one does not have a map as a guide to the locations. <br />Vegetation is very well established, there are no drainage problems, and the sites <br />are getting hard to distinguish from the natural surroundings. As part of the past <br />reclamation work, pieces of dead cedar/juniper were placed on the reclaimed <br />sites, and the sites really blend in well with the surroundings. <br />The three Canopus sites are noted as "West" "Middle," and "East" for simplicity <br />of identification. A single steel post was placed on each site to help locate them <br />in the future. <br />Capella Mine Photos 12, 13. 14, I5. <br />The Capella mine site is easily located by following the trail that branches off the <br />road opposite the Arcturus mine site. The access road has been water-barred, <br />which restricts easv access to the srte. The site sits astride a small flat ridee. The <br /> <br />