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New Elk Mine <br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />Mine: NEW ELK <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Primary Refuse Disposal Area (RDA) <br />Inspection Period: Fourth Quarter 2004 <br />Inspection Date: 11/30/2004 <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />The Refuse Disposal Area is located north of State Highway 12 and the Middle Fork of the <br />Purgatoire River. Refuse was transported from the preparation plant to the RDA by conveyor belt. <br />The plant has been idle since March of 1996 at which time the last refuse was placed on the <br />fill area. <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />During this inspect the operator was using a D-8 dozer io reconfigure the slope of the upper <br />surtace of the RDA. This will result in approximately 15 acres with a 1-3% slope draining to <br />newly established perimeter ditches surrounding the perimeter of the refuse area. Tlie purpose <br />of this project is to deminish the intensity of run-off from the area during precipitation events. <br />1M <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs, seeps, overland and channel Flow, wrderdrain 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 is well established on previously reclaimed areas. <br />Observation of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />The fill being reworked by the operator was typically placed in two foot lifts cornpacted by traversing <br />the dozer across the newly placed fill. <br />Indications of Potential Failure or Instability: <br />None observed. Surface and side slopes were inspected for slumps, tension cracks, and other <br />indications of potential failure. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />