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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-1977-.59A <br />INSPECTION DATE: 01-n7-9(109 INSPECTOR=S INITIALS: II F <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a follow up inspection of the Worthing Pit, DRMS File# M-1977-526 to check on the corrective <br />actions completed by the operator in regards to a previous inspection conducted on October 22nd, 2008. This <br />site is located approximately one half mile south west of the town of Brighton, Colorado in Adams County. I, <br />Jared Ebert of the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety conducted the inspection. No one from <br />the operation accompanied me on the site. <br />During the October 22nd inspection it was observed that the pit excavation appeared to be inside a portion of the <br />25 foot setback around the permit boundary near the Bud and Grace Scott property. It was cited as a problem in <br />that inspection report and the operator was required to backfill and grade the pit slopes to create the 25 foot <br />setback from the permit boundary on that portion of the property. <br />According to the operator there is some confusion as to where the property line is located along the Scotts <br />fence. They also claimed that the slopes near the Scotts property line was in that condition prior to when that <br />section of the permit boundary was incorporated into the mine site. In any case, it appears that the operator has <br />and is in the process of backfilling that portion of the permit boundary. <br />Using a measuring tape, it was determined that the operator has backfilled the former pit slope about 25 -30 feet <br />away from the Scotts fence line. Given the reclamation plan and the work that has been completed at the site, <br />the problem noted in the October inspection report is considered abated at this time. <br />2