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iii iiuuiiuiuiii United States Department of the Interior n11Rr:AU oN l.nnn n~ni`ncr~ti:n•r l.ildc Snake Rcwturr Ar!•a I LHO Indttctri;tl fa aiS, Colorado R16YG November 13, 199"/ Mr. Rick Ti1ft Norwest Mine Services e.o. Box RR121s Steamboat Springs, Colorado R096R Dear Mr. Tifft: RECEIVED NOV 17 1991 In RePIY F.ef yr To: 3410 (7"70) COC59432 QivlPiPn G1 Min~rplP A GGPIPQY On August 1R, 199'/, you and Janet (lock of. Chic staff, toured the eastern portion of the fadexal exploration ].i tense COCS9932 to in;:pect the 7 er_lama ti on and condition of drill pads and access roads. On AugusC J"&, 1997, you, Ms. Eook, and Jim Burnell of Che Colorado Division of. Minerals and Geology, inspected the weslc:rr; area of Lhe combined federal exploration license and the state notice of intent f.or the name purposes. Overall, conditions were found to be excellent. Regrading of the drill. pads is very good and revegetation wi.l.]. probably be successful. Two iCems requiring further action were identified: 1. The area of Che mud pfCs on drill sites PGD~91 and b'1U~92 had begun „ sinking and .y,ou .said you would have thi,a ax ea regraded and ~ecaded. 2. FED-73 had rot yet been reclaimed at the Lime of the visit. when iC is, we recummaxi removing gravel and liner and regrading Lhe ditch below the pad that. war: constructed to divert wale r. flow away Crum the pad. 'RC wcu]d like Lo cornrnend your efforts on Lh:: FED-13 nits. to control the wal.cr and Lhe well when things didn't yo according Lo plan during drilling. It was noted [haC a large percentage of Che private surface surrounding the drill si.Ces is heavily infested with canada thistle, making it hiyh.l.y likely to become established on Lhe drill. sites. License stipulation number 12 requires Che con tr o]. cE noxious weeds the ouyh successful veg r"LaCicn establishment' and/or herbicide application. Where Lhe surface ownez has applied measures Co attempt to control the canada thistle on Lhe suxrcwndi.ng area, the same level 01' effort should be applied by Cottonwood to the drill site. 'Ahcre the surroundiny lands are inf eslod and no apparent effort ha:: been made Lo control it by Lhe surface owner, Lhe drill site will be acceptable with percentage of canada thistle no greater Lhan that of the surrounding lands. There will need to be a healthy representation of seeded species as we1I. The reclamation bond is typically held at ].cast two growing seasons after reclamation Lo ensure successful vegetaCiat establishment: All of the roads traversed during this inspecCien were in excellent condition. 7f you }rave, any qu r.SCi ons, please contact Janet Hook at (97 D) R24 9991.' Sincerely, /~' to tt7 E. ]lu sba -~ Ar'ea Manager cc: J. I3urnel.l, CUN,G (w/photos) T. Petrosky, Cottonwood Land Co.