REP48210

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Project Narrative
Poverty Gulch Project
Teller County
Mine Feature Identification- 360,362,363,369,370
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Feature 362 is an open adit with a depth of greater than 800 feet. Feature 363
is an adit with a depth of over 600 feet. Features 360 and 369 are shafts
with depths of up to 200 feet. Feature 370 is a shaft with a depth of 60
feet.
The proposed work for the adits includes installing locking doors over the
openings.
The proposed work for features 360 and 369 includes installing concrete panels
over the openings. The panels will include locking grates that will allow
authorized access.
The proposed work for feature 370 will be backfilling.
In regard to the conduct of the actual work, each project will be monitored by
a staff field engineer who will be on site to ensure that project work is
completed as specified. Projects will be inspected prior to payment and no
project will be considered complete until all extraneous disturbances created
by the contractor have been corrected. All contractors are required to have
both public liability and workman's compensation insurance during the term of
the project. We have had several instances of vandalism to mine closures.
The closures are designed to be vandal resistant and the program will monitor
the closure periodically. However, the landowner should also inspect the
closure to insure that it remains safeguarded.
Areas adjacent to the mine sites often contain mine related structures
(buildings, tipples, foundations) that may be historically significant. The
project work will avoid any disturbances to these structures in order to
preserve their integrity. Mine sites are also often inhabited by important
species of wildlife. The Division of Wildlife may contact you in the future
regarding surveys of the mine site area for animal species that are of concern.
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