2006-04-06_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - M2002003

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C. Project Description. Describe all aspects of the operation including mining, milling, and exploration methods, materials, equipment, workforce, construction and operation schedule, power requiremerrts, how clearing wi11 be accomplished, topsoil stockpile, waste rock placement, tailings disposal, proposed number of drillholes and depth, depth of proposed suction dredging, and how gravels will be replaced, etc. Calculate production rates of ore. Include justification and calculations for settling pond capacities, and the size of runoff diversion channels. Exploration and mining will be small open pits and minor trenchin in alluvial areas as indicated _ on the maps. A backhoe or track hoe will be used to remove gravel from the pits and to sort out the - boulders and debris. The initial material will be run throw a temporary~rizzl~„and then be piled on site At this time the mechanized equipment will be removed and the remaining_material will be hand-screened through smaller screens to produce a workable size This gravel which contains the topaz stones will be removed from site and further processed , Materials will include shovels,..,_p1ckS safety hats and g_o~,gles water canisters claim posts silt fencing reclamation seed. buckets screening. jigs classifier grizzlyychainsaw hand saws and wheelbarrow Mechanized equipment is both wheeled and track hoes and four-wheel drive vehicles A bulldozer ma„y be used for road removal and some final reclamation and re-contouring-of excavation andprospect sites No construction is proposed Power will be limited to solar panels and battery ap cks for the classifier _ Operations will be intermittent and based on dry weather and seasonal conditions. Mechanized equipment will be used for a maximum of 14davs in anv one season of approximately will be the on-site supervisor and other persons will be screen or wash station operators Clearing- Scattered timber which covers the approximately 0 SS acre alluvial topaz-bearing fan will need to be removed. No significant clearing is proposed or expected on any other prospects. Mast of the timber is aspen with some-small-diameter spruce and fir Sma11 saplings and stumps will be buried in the reclamation pits. Larger trees will be laid crass slope for final reclamation. Topsoil will be segregated and temporarily stored until used to top-off backfills to the original depth. Waste rock will be used as part of the backfill. Ontotopaz-bearing gavel is removed from site. There will be no tailings per se and no milling. After coarse screening and separating the topaz-bearing gravel all rock an~vel will be used as backfill when reclaiming_~ There will be no drill holes and no drilling operations. There will be no blasting. - Excavations will penetrate to the bed rock but not below anv decomposed granite that might be encountered. The alluvium has been distributed around boulders and into the crevices of the g~anite. Excavations may average I S feet deep in any given~it, but might reach 30 feet up against the hillside. There will be no suction dredging or settling,~nds. They are not applicable to this operation. , Production rates aze highly speculative and unpredictable. Based on historical production. we expect about 20 pounds of commercially valuable topaz fragments and crystals. Mechanized equipment will be returned to the site late in the season to return material to the excavations. to re-contour the site. and to make safe avy open excavations. There is one runoff channel above Pit A; however, it is essentially nonfiunctional. All pits will be bermed to prevent anti runoff. Approximately 20 gallons per day of water will die used from the ' existing spring to do a final wash on concentrated gravel. Otherwise the gravel will be removed from for anv final processing. The water used for checkin ,samples is in aself-contained system and reused. This operation is also permitted under Colorado State Mining Permit M-2002-003. issued ' 25 April 2002 by the Colorado State Division of Minerals and GeologylDMG~pies of all data and submittals to acquire these permits were previously fiunished to the U.S.F.S.. South Park District Rangers Office in Fauplay. Colorado and should be considered part of this operations plan. (If more space is needed to fill out a block of information, use additional sheets and attach to form)