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EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION The Ruby Trust Mine is located in the SW1/4, SW1/4, Sec. 16, T. 43N., R.8W. EXHIBIT B MINING PLAN The Ruby Trust is an old (1880's) mine which had laid idle for many years. The current operators have re-opened the portal and are in the process of re-habilitating the old drifts to allow access on two small veins (the Trust Ruby and the Circassian). The work involved is simply cleaning up small caves, installing new timber or rock bolts where needed, and relaying track. It is planned to set up several stopes so that production can begin next year (it is not reasonable to work through the winter at this property). Production would be on the veins completely underground and no surface disturbance is anticipated from the mining. The plan is to produce about 25 tons per day with five men and I would anticipate having to stockpile up to 100 tons at a time. EXHIBIT C See Attached Map. EXHIBIT D A WILDLIFE This area contains very few wild animals due to the heavy jeep traffic going to Yankee Boy Basin and Governor Basin. Tourists are constantly climbing all over the property during the summer and this procludes use by any game species. The property does contain Yellow-bellied marmots, a few golden-mamtled ground squirrels, pikas and field mice. B WATER RESOURCES The property is crossed by Sneffles Creek which varies from a raging torrent during the spring run-off to a mere 200 gallons per minute in the fall. The mine generates approximately 30 gallons per minute which flows out of the mine and seeps down into the alluvium and old mine dump. There are no chemio~s--used at the property or any fuels which could spill and enter the stream. C VEGETATION The mine property is near tree line or in the subalpine zone. Colorado blue spruce is the dominate tree and it covers about 15 J of the property. There are also about 10 Engleman spruce, and some willows along Sneffels Creek. The ground cover consists of mountain heath, alpine sedge, some grass and abundant alpine flowers. The domonant wildflowers are: Bluebells, Purple saxifrage, Indian paintbrush, Columbine, Kings crown, Alpine sunflowers, Avens, and Mountain heather. D SOILS Approximately 50 J of this property is exposed rock with much of the soil development erased with continual winter snow slides. In the more protected areas there is up to one foot of silt and clay loam developed, however, no soil horizons were gbserved in eight separate core samples.