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February 04, 2004 Ms. Carla Lenkey Compliance Assurance/Enforcement Program Water Quality Protection Section WQCD Colorado Department of Public Health WQCD-WQP-B2 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 Reference: SEP Report for January 06, 2003 through January O5, 2004 Project Number CO-0032751 Cross /Smuggler Mines Dear Carla: I'm pleased to report on the progress made during 2003 to complete the SEP reclamation programs at the Cross and Smnggler mines. Cross Mine Historic Dump Reclamation Program 2003: Work began in June of 2003 to design and plan for the final historic Cross Mine reclamation program. The damp was measured and slope grades were determined for final reclamation. High Country Excavating from Nederland, Colorado was employed to assist with the final program. A John Deere backhoe and John Deere Excavator along with a tandum damp track were used by High Country. I used Calais's A 66 3 yard Ford loader. A total of 30 damp tracks loads of mulch and top soil weighing approximately 15 tons each were hauled to the Cross Mine project. Following completion of the historic mine dump slope work, the soil and mulch were spread with the use of the hydraulic excavator and Ford 3 yard loader. Final leveling and spreading was accomplished by hand raking and hand shoveling. The final clean up of the Coon Track Creek was accomplished with a backhoe and by hand. The base of the dump was covered with top soil and left so access could be made in the fntare for ongoing maintenance work and for the planned installation of the upper Coon Track Creek flow weir. The installation of the permanent weir is scheduled for Jaly of 2004, Large rocks were placed along the base of the Cross Mine dump. Final waste rock for the slope project was neatly placed behind the Cross Mine portal and snow shed area. This