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W w7E BANKS Mine Exwsrr B Page 7 Creek, the Crystal River, or both. Vegetative cover on the steeper slopes and outcrops is sparse to absent, while cover on the lower portion is substantial. Topographically the permit azea consists of a relatively flat azea southwest of FDR 310, where rehef is only a few feet, and a moderate to steep hillside northeast of FDR 310, where relief within the permit area is approximately 80 feet. The 6,800-ft contour line passes through the mine bench. 6.3.2(b) Man-Made Structures; see also Eahibt E-1 Except for mine structures currently on site the only man-made structure in or within 200 ft of the permit azea is FDR 310. FDR 310 was reportedly constructed in the late 1800's to serve several small mines and mineral prospecting ventures in the Bull Dog Creek -Avalanche Creek -Hell Roaring Creek area and is now maintained by the White River National Forest, U.S. Department f Agriculture, from its intersection with Colorado Highway 133 to the present Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area boundary at the Avalanche Campground, about 2 miles southeast of the White Banks Mine. The road through the permit area is graded dirt with a significant ditch on the upslope side. This ditch conducts drainage from three ephemeral gullies, two of which cross the permit azea northwesterly through the permit area to a point just west of the west boundary, where a low dip crossing allows the ditch to drain into the meadow on the southwest side of the road. A much larger dip crossing further to the east conveys drainage from a larger ephemeral gully itrto the meadow area below the permit area. Drainage from the large canyon even further east crosses the road approximately 1,000 ft from the permit boundary. Drainage from the fill or down slope-side ofFDR 310 is not ditched or otherwise concentrated but diffuses into the meadow southwest of the road. A buried telephone line owned and maintained by US West Communications extends from the western permit boundary to the existing mine shop/office cabin. The sole purpose of this line, which terminates at the cabin, is to provide for telephone communications at the mine. The line serves no other customers beyond the permit boundary. A pole-mounted power line is in the process of being installed from existing Holy Cross Energy service only a few feet from the boundary of the White Banks claims to the mine site, in accordance with original Pitkin County permitting requirements. The pole line and accompanying facilities are shown on the appropriate maps accompanying this application. There are no other known man-made structures, including buried utilities, in or within 200 ft ofthe permit azea. 6.3.2(c) Water Resources There are no permanent or intermittent streams within the boundaries of the permit azea. There aze no other surface water resources, such as springs, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, or known aquifers within or immediately adjacent to the permit azea. There aze no water resources such as strearns, springs,