_INSPECTION - C1981038 ‎(30)‎

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 10/28/2008
• Email Name: MLT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE
Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made
during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection
and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
This was a Complete Inspection of the Bowie No. 1 Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the
Colorado DRMS on October 28th and 29th, 2008. Basil Bear was notified of the inspection at the
Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) office at 11:15 a.m. on the 28th.
Loadout Facility
The gates to all three accesses to SH 133 were open. The upper benches continued to be used
for equipment and material storage. The outer berm at the upper and middle material storage
areas is intact. The pond was dry.
TR-51 has been recently submitted to the Division, which provides proposed reclamation details
for cropland areas of the Loadout Facility.
R.O.M. Pile
The earthwork phase of reclamation was nearing completion. The footprint of the R.O.M. pile
was close to final grade, and an excavator was loading topsoil from the eastern end of the
stockpile into haul trucks, which then dumped at the southwest side of the area. A bulldozer
pushed the topsoil into place up the slope (Fig. 1). Seeding and mulching materials were stored
near the former pump station at the creek. The pond was completely dry and well vegetated,
and there had been no change to the spillway.
Well Field
The well field was roped off and a "no parking" sign was posted (Fig. 2); a Mine ID sign was still in
place. The topsoil pile had been spread out and/or removed (Fig. 3). (Basil Bear explained that
a portion of it had been hauled to the East Mine for use in the reclamation.) Due to the
abundance of Russian knapweed documented to be growing on the topsoil pile during a
previous inspection, the site(s) of its ultimate placement should be carefully monitored in future
years so that new populations do not gain a hold.
Exploration Holes
BRL had not yet commenced work associated with two wells approved under TR-49.
West Mine
The patch of Yellow Star Thistle observed in August had been sprayed by the BLM in September.
Individual plants found along the northern edge of the reclaimed slope had been pulled, and
their locations marked with pink pin-flags. A large, previously unobserved patch of Canada
thistle was observed on the east side of Pond W-1, partway up the slope. Basil Bear confirmed
that the BLM and County folks had also seen the patch in September, and had brought it to his
attention. Ponds W-1 and W-2 were both dry.
East Mine
All asphalt pavement had been removed from the haul road. BRL was unable to find a
contractor interested in recycling the material, so it was buried in a fill slope.
Reclamation at the upper bench appeared to be nearly complete. The surface had been
roughened, with large rocks scattered upon the surface (Fig. 4). Basil Bear mentioned that there
was a chance some material there might be hauled down to a lower bench, due to material
Bowie No. 1 Mine C-1981-038 28/29-Oct_-2008
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