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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: -Act-199n-14g <br />INSPECTION DATE: A19Z/0R INSPECTOR=S INITIALS: 1111E / <br />MAC <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection of the Gray Pit, file number M-1990-148. This site is located approximately 10 miles west <br />and three miles north of Arlington, Colorado in Kiowa County. 1, Jared Fbert and Michael Cunningham of the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation. Mining and Safety conducted the inspection. Virgil and Shane of Kiowa County accompanied us on the inspection. <br />The proper mine identification sign was in place. The permit boundaries are not clearly marked. The site consists of 9.70 acres, the <br />permit area fellows Adobe Creek• so the permit area is long, but it is not very wide. One boundary marker was noticed at the north <br />end of the pit, and one was noticed on the east side of the pit. The corners of the permit area are not marked and it is hard to tell where <br />the boundary line is located. Pursuant to Rule 3.1.1 ? (2) the boundaries of the affected area need to be marked by monuments or other <br />markers that are clearly visible and adequate to delineate such boundaries. This is cited as a problem on the last page of this report. <br />The current excavation is located south of the northern boundary marker. The county pushes sand and gravel from the stream bed up <br />onto the edge of the creek. One large pile of material was located just west of the excavation. The original mine plan and reclamation <br />plan consisted of constructing three to four basins about five feet deep in the creek and constructing berms around each of the basins. <br />These beans were to be seeded with native grasses and willows were to be planted at the base of the berms. The basins were to collect <br />sand and gravel as it flowed down the creek, and this material was to be pushed up onto the edge of the creek bed. <br />Based ofl'past inspections reports and what was observed during this inspection it appears that this mine plan is not being lollowed. <br />The basins have not been constructed and the berms are not in place. This is sited as a problem on the last page of this report. It <br />seems that the original plan is not feasible because during a flood event these basitvberms would be washed away. The mine plan will <br />need to be updated in the form of a technical revision for the pennit specifically to change the current approved mining plan and <br />reclamation plan. Given that the mine plan is not being followed, a new reclamation plan will need to be submitted with the technical <br />revision to the permit. l he technical revision should consist of all the required inlbnnation in Rule 6.3.3 for the mine plan, Rule 6.3.4 <br />for the reclamation plan, and an updated mining plan map and a reclamation plan map as they are described in Rule 6.3.5. <br />Tamarisk was also noticed within the permit area, it is recommended that these trees be removed and treated while the infestation is <br />relatively small. I lie site will not be released unless the tamarisk trees in the permit area are controlled. <br />Figure 2.l Current excavation <br />¦ u