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Peak Project Management, LLC <br />3800 County Road 63.9 <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 <br />February 10, 2003 <br />Kent Gorham <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: New Elk Mine Permit No. 81-012 <br />2002 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />Telephone/Fax: (719) 546-4975 <br />Cell: (719) 859-0111 <br />e-mail: ronthompson@sensonics.org <br />RECE9~/E® <br />FEB 1 i. 2003 <br />Oivisian o} Minerals and Geology <br />Enclosed is the Annual Reclamation Report for the year 2002. Reclamation work at the New Elk Mine <br />consisted only of monitoring and maintenance of previous reclamation areas and sediment control <br />facilities. <br />Maps showing reclaimed areas for the East and West Portal Areas at the New Elk are enclosed. Note that <br />these maps have been updated since [heir 1999 submittal to show no new areas of reclamation in 2000, <br />2001 and 2002. Since there were no annual changes since the previous submittal in 1999, I have not <br />submitted additional copies to be filed with the previously submitted 2000 and 2001 annual reports. <br />As part of the control facility maintenance program, Pond 7 was partially cleaned of accumulated <br />sediments in December of 2002. Approximately 60% of the pond was cleaned to its originally designed <br />depth. An average of five feet of sediment was removed from the pond and transported to the development <br />waste pile for drying to be followed by compaction and final disposal. <br />An infestation of Canadian thistle on railroad property in 2001 progressed onto mine properly in 2002. <br />Several aeeas of thistle were selectively hand sprayed with Banvil (dicamba) in July and August of 2002. <br />These areas included portions of the mine permit area east of the railroad maintenance shop, areas adjacent <br />to the Coal Lab and the East Portal Substation, and along ditches D17, D17A, D20 and D25A. These <br />applications were completed by an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Certified Pesticide Applicator. <br />These areas will need to be monitored in 2003. A copy of the Management Plan for Noxious Weed <br />Control is enclosed. <br />