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because their roots can only penetrate this soil to a depth of Less than twenty inches. Since roots can penetrate to a depth •,• of forty to sixty inches in the Peyton series soils, this soil's vegetation is characterized by taller grasses. The Allens Park soils support an intermediate understory of grass •' with roots penetrating this soil to a depth of between twenty and forty inches. Most of the affected land surface subject to this application for a mining permit is composed of waste dump material from previous mining operations dating back to the 1670's. None of the land surface disturbed by these earlier operations was re- claimed. No soil has developed on the steep portions of the Cash mine dump or on the top of the dump which has been used as an ore stockpile area and roadway. The area surrounding the margins of the mine dump and the mine buildings has a soil cover that varies from zero to a maximum of four or five inches in and among numerous outcrops of Boulder Creek gran- ite. The upper Cash Gulch area contains small areas of Peyton series soils in the drainage way between the Hazel A mine and the southwestern portion of the Cash mine. Below the Cash mine portal, in Cash Gulch, a narrow band of Allens Park soils has formed from weathered Boulder Creek granite and trans- ported material, EXHIBIT E: Reclamation Plan The ultimate goal of the Cash mine reclamation plan is to re- turn the land surface affected by this mining operation to a forest environment that will have an enhanced suitability for wildlife habitation. This plan will be centered around the reclamation of the Cash mine dump, the access roads, and the quality of the water that intermittently flows into Cash Gulch. The most significant aspect of the Cash mine reclamation plan is the removal of approximately 408 of the Cash mine dump. At the present time, the mine dump is a mixture of gold-silver telluride bearing quartz vein and waste rock which is gran- itic, aplitic or pegmatitic in composition. While the ore bearing quartz vein is invariably associated with pyrite, galena and sphalerite, the waste rock is generally free of sulfides. The exposure of these sulfides to the atmosphere and to surface water during the last 112 years has, resulted in their weathering, oxidation, leaching, and erosion. The sepa- ration and removal of the ore bearing vein and its accompany- ing sulfides will greatly reduce the degradation of the envi- ronment that occurs when this material is left exposed on the surface of the land. Because of its composition, acidic nature, and steep slope gradient, topsoil has not developed on the Cash mine dump. The lack of topsoil on the mine dump obviates the requirement for removing, segregating and stockpiling topsoil from this portion of the permit area. The present slope gradient of the Cash mine varies from 808 on the northeastern face to 688 on the eastern face to 718 on the southern face. The undisturbed surface of the land near the western edge of the mine dump has a 368 slope gradient. At the completion of the Cash mine dump operation, the antici- pated slope gradient is expected to range between 408 and 458, with terraces constructed at irregular intervals along the southern and eastern faces (see Map E). This slope reduction will be effective in helping to achieve runoff control by re- ducing the velocity of the water that flows over the mine dump when it rains or snows. Runoff control will be instrumental in helping to establish vegetation and in decreasing erosion. The terraces will also serve to intermittently reduce the water velocities and to provide stability to the surface of the mine dump. A series of diversion ditches will be exca- vated in a configuration nearly parallel to the surface con- tours on the terraces and on the lower access road. These diversion ditches will collect water moving along the slope, and convey it out of the disturbed area where it will be dis- -15-