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i • <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII R~~~~~~ <br />999 <br />A:1*id[L",L RRFOR i <br />h,~^;? 1 C 1980 <br />Coaldale Gypsum ?"ine <br />The Flintkote Comarn:,y „'-`77_247 st Cu~u. wept. of Natural Reso~.uces <br />Please find attachod a color coded map shaving affected land boundaries <br />and the locations and acreages of the various phases of Reclamation ^evelon- <br />meat in Coaldale, Colorado, <br />During the past year, 94 acres of affected land, ie, all of the permitted <br />area covered under the present mining permit, +;:ere affected, ?'hase one, con- <br />touring and regx-:ding :•:ork Nas performed on 8,2 acres of unnermitted •~ined Land <br />which is called ZincHill and rahich ;aas mined in the early to late 60~s by a <br />former mine oporator, It is planned to reclaim this very noticable area and <br />use the acreage to balance same bonded acreage on Gold Hill which will be <br />reclaimed only to the extent oP stabilized highwall area, Phase 'ttvo +r.ork <br />comaleted in 1979, seedling planting work on Cr~ld TTill, included 7,4 .lcres of <br />permitted affected land, Other aspects of the ?'fining sequence may be coorelated <br />with a copy of the timetable covering backPilling, regrading, and r;aste damn <br />developlent as outlined and coded on the map, ;"base Three s.^,edlin~ "aintenance <br />and evaluation continues on the 5,5 acre planting of Juniper and ninon seedlings <br />(1978) located on Gillespie Hill and on the ,25 acre experimental plot log.^.t~d <br />on top of the Gold Hill hig`•wall (1978). <br />Also subcittcd v:ith the map and narrative is a recap of the 1979 Reclamation <br />Field ~4ork, written b;~ Jeff 3!anly, an environmental technician in his second <br />year of study at Colorado Lan, College, Laedville, ttanly worked at the Coaldale <br />