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C~ Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />A Joinf Venture - ANGLOGOLD (coLORAt)O) cORP., Manager <br />&v Operations Office <br />P.O. Box 191 • 100 North 3rd Street <br />Victor, Colorado 80860 <br />(719) 689-2977 • Fax (719) 6893254 <br />SENT CERTIFIED, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br />7000 0800 0028 8377 1229 <br /> <br />April 5, 2002 <br />Mr. Berhan Keffelew <br />Sr. Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: Cresson Protect, Permit M-1980-244 Annual Reoort and Fee <br />Dear Mr. Keffelew: <br />RECEl~1ED <br />APR 0 8 2002 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Enclosed please find the annual report form, annual fee of $1000.00 (check no. 00055989), and map for <br />Cripple Creek 8 Victor Gold Mining Company's ("CC&V") Cresson Project, Permit M-1980-244. This <br />report covers the time period between April 2001 and April 2002. <br />Reportable Conditions: <br />Amendment No. 8 site preparation and development activities continued in the Main Cresson and East <br />Cresson Mine areas, Phase IV of the Valley Leach Facility ("VLF'), and the new crusher area. The bulk <br />emulsion facility and the mine truck shop were completed during the year. Amendment No. 8 activities <br />will continue throughout 2002 and beyond. <br />CCBV implemented reclamation techniques on approximately 65 acres of land during the reporting <br />period. The acreage consisted of underground development rock removal areas, highway 67 realignment <br />and related disturbances within the permit boundary, Enhanced Management Practice storm water <br />structures, approximately 20 acres of topsoil stockpiles, and miscellaneous reclamation along new roads <br />and construction sites. Approximately 8 acres of previously reported reclaimed acres were impacted by <br />construction activities. <br />Seed was collected from Bristlecone pine (Pious aristata) species in the area during the fall of 1999. <br />These seeds were grown in a contract greenhouse for planting in future years. 2,500 Bristlecone and 500 <br />Aspen seedlings were planted on the 1992 and 1996 reclamation areas in the fall of 2001. <br />Per the requirements of C.R.S. 34-32-116(3), and C.R.S. 34.32.5-116(3)(a): <br />Reclamation accomplished to date: Approximately 178 acres <br />Reclamation accomplished during the preceding year: Approximately 65 acres <br />New disturbances anticipated during the upcoming year. Continued construction of Phase IV of the <br />VLF; construction of the crushing facility, continued development of the Main Cresson and Fast <br />Cresson Mine areas and associated haulroads, sediment control measures, topsoil stockpiles, <br />