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easiest clue to finding this site is to follow the powerline, which ends in a double <br />pole structure in the middle of the mine site. Considerable past work was directed <br />toward runoff diversion and control. The site is completely bermed and has <br />stormwater structures completely enclosing the site. All erosion control features <br />appear to be working very well. The berms and internal ridges form traps for <br />water and seeds. As a result, vegetation is very thick on this site, owing also to its <br />suitable topography. In places the site is quite weedy, and knapweed was noted. <br />The old mine portal has been covered, but has since caved. A wooden structure <br />on the northwest corner of.the site (loadout station?) remains, but it is stable and <br />unobtrusive. Some concrete foundations also remain, as does a mound that was <br />used for pulling mine cazs up a slope to dump; removal and reclamation of these <br />structures would likely cause more disturbance than benefit, as natural vegetation <br />_ is aggressively taking over these sites. <br />Site West of Capella Photo 16. <br />This site could not be definitively located. This location reportedly has a vent <br />hole, but this was not identified. The area does exhibit evidence of close spaced <br />exploratory drilling (old trails, hole markers, fragments of discarded core, etc.). <br />The exploration area is well reclaimed, and is hazd to identify. No problems were <br />noted in this area, and it is practically indiscernible from the natural surroundings. <br />Grav (Gray Claim) Photos 17 & 18. <br />This area supposedly contains five prospect sites. Only two of the sites were <br />definitively located. One site, on a small flat ridge, was apparently reclaimed at <br />the same time as the nearby Capella mine, and it exhibits the same manner of <br />stormwater controls and reclamation grading. Vegetation is doing fairly well on <br />the site nearest Capella. Areas of close spaced exploration drilling. were also <br />located, and these may represent the sites noted in past reports. The presence of <br />minor amounts of metal trash and faint trails through the brush are the only visible <br />indicators of past activity. <br />Marv Ann 4 (South) (south of Mary Ann Mine on topo base) Photos 19 & 20. <br />This site is also difficult to find. The best locators are the Mary Ann Mine <br />(unreclaimed) beside Road DD16 and the spring down the hill from the Mary <br />Ann. The spring is identifiable by the profusion of willows growing at the site. <br />The Mary Ann 4 South mine is just down-drainage from the spring. The access <br />road into the site is not easily distinguished, and a water baz has to be crossed [o <br />get into the mine site. The site is very well reclaimed and revegetated. A steel <br />post was placed at the site to help identify it for future reference. <br />Sunnvside (Sunnyside claim) No Photos. <br />This site supposedly consists of small prospects. No evidence could be located in <br />the field to definitively identify the prospects. The soils in this area are comprised <br />of small pebbles and gravel in many places. The rather uniform appearance of <br />these soils, and the general lack of understory vegetation, made identification of <br />3 <br />