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SOIL CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES The mine property was broken into two sampling units. Land north of County Road 53 was sampled by the soil scientist at Yampa Mining Co. and ]and south of the road was sampled by VTN Colorado, Inc. The soil test results from the south side which were analyzed by Colorado Analytical Labs are shown on Table 2 and the soil sampling depths for each horizon are illustrated on Table 3. The analyses show a pH range of 6.5-8.2 There doesn't seem to be any trend of pH through the profile except that the A horizon appears to have been leached as evidenced by a slightly lower pH. The electrical conduc- tivity of the soils range from 0.3-1.1. From these results none of the soil horizons have high enough concentrations of salts to affect even the most salt sensitive plants. The organic matter content is very high. This is important since the organic matter supplies most of the nitrogen available to vegetation. The A horizon contains the highest amount of organic matter. Concentrations of organic matter range from 1.4-8.6$. The B horizon contains 2-4$ less organic matter than the A horizons. Available phosphorus ranges from 4-34 ppm. The highest concentrations are in the A horizons and generally get progressively less down through the profile. Available potassium ranges from 110-220 ppm. There isn't any pattern to the distribution of the potassium in any of the soil profiles. The satura- tion ranges from 46.9-63.2$ depending on the texture. Generally, the higher the amount of clay the higher the percentage of saturation. The sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) ranges from 0.8-2.6. These values indicate that sodium will not be a potential problem. The results from soil samples taken on the north side of County Road 53 are shown on table 4 and the soil descriptions are located in the appendix. The pH ranged from 5.8-7, 3. The slightly acid soils are located in the B horizon of several Routt series soils. The lower pH indicates a possible leaching out of carbonates. This does not pose any problems to reclama- tion since sufficient high quality A horizon is present for use in reclama- tion. The electrical conductivity ranges from 0.14-0.66. These values are very low and wouldn't affect even the most sensitive plants. The organic