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<br />Bench 3. The headwall at Bench 3 (Figure 11) is composed of a rock outcrop <br />approximately 5 feet high at the North end, 25 feet high in the middle, and <br />30 feet high at the South end. The general trend of the face has an azimuth <br />of 168 degrees. Bench 3 is comprised of two levels, with the North level <br />containing a working face approximately 10 feet higher than the South end <br />of the bench, and with the South level partially covered by freshly shot rock. <br />Above the rock walls on the West side of the bench is an overburden slope <br />composed of silt to cobble-sized material sitting on a slope of approximately <br />36 degrees and with established vegetation indicating a stable slope. <br />Bench 4. Bench 4 (Figure 12) is a relatively small bench with an approximately 10 foot <br />high back wall. The bench is excavated into moderately weathered <br />metamorphic rock with close joint spacing accentuated by weathering. <br />Above the bench is an approximately 30 degree soil slope which appears <br />stable with an established growth of vegetation. <br />Northwest of Bench 4, is a series of six overburden benches apparently <br />used for stockpiling overburden and/or removal of overburden down to <br />bedrock. The benches are well drained and vegetated and stable. <br />Benches Both Bench 5 and Bench 6 have been blasted but it appears that little <br />5 & 6 product has been removed. As a matter of fact, the rock blasted on Bench <br />6 has been shot but was never disturbed after shooting; while on Bench 5 <br />the material has been bulldozed but not removed. The rock back slope on <br />both of these benches is less than 10 feet high. Between Bench 5 and <br />Bench 6 is an overburden slope which is a combination of a graded and <br />vegetated area and natural slope. All the overburden appears stable here <br />with an established growth of vegetation (Figure 13). <br />7 <br />