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Mr. Harry Ranney <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />215 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, CO 80203-2273 <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 2 9 1999 <br />piston of Minerals & Geology <br />RE: Annual Reclamation Report for 1998 -Chimney Rock Mine (Permit No. C-81-023) <br />Dear Mr. Kanney: <br />Kaiser Ventures, Inc. hereby submits the following information which summarizes reclamation <br />activities conducted at the above referenced mine site during 1998. Kaiser Ventures, Inc. is the <br />permittee and Mr. Mike Keegan is the contact person. His address is P.O. Box 37, Desert Center, <br />CA 92239. The permit area is 187.5 acres of which 50 is Federal and 137.5 is private located <br />approximately 22 miles west of Pagosa Springs on Colorado State Highway 151, portions of <br />Sections 29 and 30, T34N, R4W. Total disturbance at the mine site totals approximately 110 acres. <br />All disturbance areas have now been reclaimed. Various reclamation activities have been conducted <br />over the past 15 years on areas of the mine site as described in the permit document. <br />Reclamation activity conducted during 1998 included minor ditch maintenance and rill repair. This <br />included the ditch extension from the East Pit Area to the AVF and rill repair on the area ofthe west <br />slope where the Stollsteimer road crossing was removed (see attached map). Total area reclaimed <br />accounted for less than 1 acre which was seeded, fertilized and mulched according to the approved <br />reclamation plan described in the permit document. Other activities that were completed during the <br />year included noxious weed control in late July and harvesting of the irtigated AVF in July and <br />August. During the July cutting, 306 and 0 bails were produced on the reclaimed and reference <br />areas, respectively, and the August cutting produced 305 and 1 bail from the same areas. Average <br />weight of the bails was 50 and 42 pounds from the reclaimed and reference areas, respectively. <br />Should you have questions or need additional information concerning this report, please do not <br />hesitate to contact Mr. Mike Keegan at Kaiser or let me know. <br />Sincerely, <br />`t<. <br />J` erry H. Koblitz <br />Project Manager <br />Attachments <br />cc Mike Keegan -Eagle Mountain Mine <br />5231 South Quebec Street • Greenwood Village, Colorado 801 I I <br />Phone (303) 850-0930 • Fax (3031 721-9298 <br />Web Site: www.greystone-consultants.com • E-mail: greystone@greystone-consultants.com <br />January 28, 1999 Environmentn(Planners, Scientists, and Engineers <br />