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May 27, 1998 <br />Mr. Kent Gorham <br />Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Golden Eagle Mine: Permit No. C-81-013 <br />Management Plan for Noxious Weed Control <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />Basin Resources requests Division approval of a noxious weed control plan for reclamation areas within <br />the Golden Eagle Mine permit area. Several areas of minor infestations of musk and Scotch thistle, <br />hounds tongue, and loco weed have been identified. <br />A combination of Banvil (dicamba) plus 2,4-D will be applied to the thistle rosettes before the thistle <br />bolts. Rate of application, as recommended by CSU Cooperative Extension, is OS quarts Banvel plus 1.0 <br />quarts Z,4-D per acre. Mechanical control will be used after the terminal head is in the late flowering <br />stage. The cut debris will be gathered and burned to destroy any seed that has developed. <br />Hounds tongue is a biannual weed. 2,4-D (1S quarts per acre) will be applied to the rosettes during the <br />first year of growth. Plants in the second year of growth generally must be controlled by mechanical <br />means. <br />Loco weed generally has been found on undisturbed grass lands adjacent to reclaimed areas. Roundup, <br />isopropylamine salt of N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine, mixed @ 2.66 oz. per gallon of water, will be <br />applied directly on the flowering plant. <br />Please contact me if you need any additional information <br />Sincerely, <br />Ronald G. Thompson <br />Property Manager <br />