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rro3ect narrative <br />Poverty Gulch Project • <br />Teller County <br />Mine Feature Identification- 369,370 <br />Feature 369 is a shaft with a depth of up to 200 feet. Feature 370 is a shaft <br />with a depth of about 60 feet. <br />The proposed work for feature 369 includes installing concrete panels over the <br />opening. The panels will include a locking grate to allow authorized access. <br />The proposed work for feature 370 includes backfilling. The feature will be <br />backfilled to the surface using a graded fill technique. Specifically, the <br />opening will be filled by first placing a layer of large diameter riprap into <br />the opening followed by a second smaller layer designed to fill in the voids <br />of the larger material and to form a solid base for the remaining fill. <br />Following this operation, the opening will be filled with waste material from <br />the nearby piles to form a compacted mound V-24" above the existing grade. <br />The backfilled area will then be suitably reclaimed to blend in with the <br />surrounding area. An identification monument will be placed over the center <br />of the backfilled opening. <br />In regard to the conduct of the actual work, each project will be monitored by <br />a staff field engineer who will be on site to ensure that project work is <br />completed as specified. Projects will be inspected prior to payment and no <br />project will be considered complete until all extraneous disturbances created <br />by the contractor have been corrected. All contractors are required to have <br />both public liability and workman's compensation insurance during the term of <br />the project. We have had several instances of vandalism to mine closures. <br />The closures are designed to be vandal resistant and the program will monitor <br />the closure periodically. However, the landowner should also inspect the <br />closure to insure that it remains safeguarded. <br />Areas adjacent to the mine sites often contain mine related structures <br />(buildings, tipples, foundations) that may be historically significant. The <br />project work will avoid any disturbances to these structures in order to <br />preserve their integrity. Mine sites are also often inhabited by important <br />species of wildlife. The Division of Wildlife may contact you in the future <br />regarding surveys of the mine site area for animal species that are of concern. <br />jla <br />1604F <br />