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R~GE~\/~D <br />(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-7987-077 <br />INSPECTION DATE: n7i7~ma <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />SEP 0 7 2006 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />INSPECTOR=S INITIALS: ~AS_ <br />1. A site inspection of the Lee No. 2 Placer was conducted as part of the Division's on-going 4-year inspection program. <br />The Division last inspected the site in July, 2000. Present during the inspection was Mr. Stanley J. Conner. The Lee No. 2 <br />Placer is located in lower Russell Gulch, approximately 3 miles southeast of Central City, Colorado. <br />2 The operator has obtained a mining claim from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a total of 40 acres and has <br />obtained a mining and reclamation permit from the Division for 1 acre of disturbance. The mining claim is specified as <br />Lee #2 Placer Claim/gold/SE 40 acres, NWl/4 Section 20, T35, R72W, Gilpin County. The operator has posted a flnandal <br />warranty of $1,200. The post-mining land use is pastureland. <br />3. The mining plan consists of removing creek bed materials, processing them through a trammel and sluice box, then re- <br />_ - depos~itisg tlsese-m~t~"7ia 5~ctcint~he~eek be~1: A~Srwittrdimensi6rss-6F iD0 5i^300~twiltb~filledwiCtrwateraifd <br />used as part of the placer operation. The operator has specified that ore materials will be processed on site without the <br />use of any chemicals or hazardous substances. <br />4. There was virtually no mining disturbance at the Lee No. 2 Placer at the time of inspection, except for a variety of <br />miscellaneous mining equipment that occurred on site prior to 1987 when Mr. Conner acquired a mining and reclamation <br />permit. Mr. Conner has done a good job of backfilling and grading disturbed areas in the creek bed and surrounding area <br />to natural contours that blend in with the surrounding topography. There was no pit or exposed water noted. The <br />operator has also removed severe) loads of non-roadable mining equipment. Only hand, broadcast seeding of <br />approximately 0.5 acres would be required to complete reclamation of the current disturbance. ThIs inspector finds that <br />the $1,200 reclamation twnd is adequate to complete reclamation of the current disturbance. <br />5. A permit I.D. sign was posted near the entrance to the site and permit boundary markers were also noted. Ali mining <br />disturbances were found to be within the permit boundary. <br />6. There were no problems noted. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Stanlev 7. Conner <br />OPERATOR: PO Box 102073 <br />STREET: Denver, CO 80750-7073 <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP: <br />cc: Carl Mount, DMG (via E-Mail) <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />2850 Youngfield <br />Lakewood, CO 80215 <br />