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<br />RECD@\!E® <br />FEB 1 9 2002 <br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) antl 4.10.2(2) <br />Mine: Raton Creek <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No <br />Inspection Period: y~-H1, <br />Inspection Date: z5-P. <br />Primary Refuse Disposal Area <br />Quarter 2001 <br />c-ol <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />Raton Creek Mine is in final reclamation. All required structures have been removed, <br />the area brought to final grade, mulched and seeded. Areas of lesser vegetation <br />density were inter-seeded in 2000. <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />Area was inactive thoughout the quarter. <br />Ground cover was dry. Evidence of grazing by cattle was noted <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overland and channel flow, underdrain construction and/ <br />or discharge, integrity of 100-year 24-hour drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />No springs or seeps were observed on the refuse side slopes. Positive drainage is established on <br />all areas. Vegetation has been established on reclaimed areas with some minor tilling on more <br />sparsely vegetated areas. Drainage and diversion structures were intact with some sediment <br />accumulation noted on the west facing diversion ditch above and to the south of the water tank. <br />Underdrain construction has been completed. <br />Observation of Pill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />Strudur~ has been completed to final grade. No additional material placement is anticipated. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />