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• a <br />EXHIAIT E - Reclamation Plan <br />Camp llird Colorado Inc. - April 16, 1982 <br />The Camp Bird Mine i.s an existing mine which has been in continuous <br />operation since the 1850's. The extent of the surface operations <br />covers j5 acres. Approximately 10 acres of the total are inactive. <br />The production Erom this mine will be Less than 70,000 tons per year. <br />It is a very difficult task to submit a reclamation plan for a mine <br />which has existed since the first white men set foot in the San Juan <br />Mountains. The Camp Bird Mine is as much a part of the Ouray area as <br />the mountains. People come from the world over to see the Camp Bird <br />Mine and its associated surface plant. If Federal Resources were to <br />plan removal of buildings and cover the tailings areas and the waste <br />dumps, we would encounter extreme resistance from the local merchants <br />(,jeep tours and rentals), as the Camp Bird is a major point of interest <br />on their tours. <br />The only reclamation we can plan is the removal of what little available <br />topsoil there is from the areas of future development (see detailed <br />map). The topsoil stockpiles could be seeded according to the S.C.S. <br />recommendations in Exhibit I. Later this topsoil could he seeded to <br />prevent erosion, etc. on areas of unstability. <br />The Camp Rird is an important part of Colorado and ;rational History <br />and should not be torn dacm or covered up. If the Camp Bird Mine ever <br />ceases operations, it should be Left just as it is so people can see <br />the western hardrock underground mining operation, <br />