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will be pumped through the drill pipe, filling the hole from the bottom up. Drilling mud will <br />be added as the pipe is "tripped" out of the hole. The drill rig will then move off the hole <br />and onto another drill location. The hole will then be logged with geophysical tools. <br />After logging, the hole plugging will be completed by placing three bags of 3/8" bentonite <br />chips in the hole on top of the thick drilling mud. Experience in the area (New Horizon <br />Mine) suggests that the bentonite mud will recede or drop in most holes only a little (a <br />few feet to 20 or 30 feet). Any remaining open hole will be filled to a depth of 10 feet <br />with cuttings, with the objective of placing as much of the cuttings as possible back into <br />the hole. The open hole from ten feet to the surface will be filled with "sakrete." This <br />method of hole plugging is consistent with the hole plugging procedures incorporated in <br />the New Horizon Mine's Mining Permit C-81-008 issued by Colorado Division of Minerals <br />and Geology with the exception that the Permit calls for the top three feet of the hole to <br />be filled with cuttings and top soil. As the primary existing land use is stock grazing, (the <br />land does not appear to ever have been cultivated) the sakrete concrete plug will extend <br />to the surface. An aluminum cap with the hole identifier will be placed in the top of the <br />cement plug to complete the hole plugging procedure. <br />ITEM 5.6.7: No exploration holes are to be developed as water wells. <br />ITEM 6.0: The permittee will request Colorado Division of Wildlife to determine <br />whether the exploration activity will jeopardize the continued existence of any <br />endangered or threatened specie. Their findings will be submitted to Colorado Division <br />of Minerals and Geology. <br />ITEM 7.0: No <br />ITEM 8.0: Yes <br />ITEM 10.0: When the hole is plugged the top 10 feet will be filled with "sakrete" then <br />an aluminum cap will be set in the top of the cement plug with the hole identifier stamped <br />on it. <br />