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• <br />SUMMARY OF 1996 ACTIVITIES <br />Active mining continued at the new mine during 1996. Some additional clearing and <br />topsoil stripping was required to accommodate advance of the active mining area and waste <br />rock stockpile area. Reclamation was accomplished on two additional pit wall benches and <br />reclamation was completed in the area of the previous mine entrance. Additional regrading, <br />top soiling and reseeding was also completed along the west side of the active mining area <br />and the east side of the new haulroad entrance into the pit. Backfilling, grading, top soiling <br />and reseeding was accomplished on the side slope of the haulroad immediately east of the <br />stockpile area and in the azea where the haulroad crosses Trail Gulch to help control erosion <br />and sedimentation. Two of the upper benches that had not shown satisfactory revegetation <br />were seeded a second time. A second seeding was also applied to the west facing slope of the <br />waste rock area, the south facing slope above the active mining area, and the north facing <br />slope along a section of haulroad between the active mining area and the stockpile area. <br />Reclamation efforts continued in the old mine area during 1996 with back611ing and <br />regrading of highwalls mined prior to 1990. Top soiling and reseeding was completed on an <br />additional .9 acres of the site. <br />The portion of Eagle County Road #51 which serves as a haulroad was treated with <br />dust suppressant during the summer. Road base material was replaced on worn areas of the <br />road at that time. <br />A total of approximately 425,000 tons of gypsum rock were shipped from the mine <br />during 1996. <br />-3- <br />