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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1978-342 <br />INSPECTION DATE 6/3/09 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Hard Rock/Metals 110(2) permits. The operator was <br />contacted and a time weas arranged to meet for the scheduled inspection. The operator's representative named on page one <br />was present during the inspection. Also present during the inspection were Dan Burns and Kyle Turley, both of US DOE (since <br />the permitted area is located on US DOE lease tract CSR-13), plus Helen Mary Johnson and Joel Hartman, both of BLM. <br />The site is identified by the required permit ID sign and the permit boundary is adequately marked by rebar with white PVC <br />pipe. All disturbance appears to be within the boundary.No noxious weeds were observed on the permit area. <br />The site was not active during the inspection, and has not been active for several years. The site is dry, with no discharge or <br />serious erosional features. The onsite mining-related features, observed and described in previous inspection reports, include <br />a large-dimension portal with half culvert-style steel sets and secured by locked grate, arched steel building with concrete <br />perimeter footer and earthen floor, level operation pad on a waste rock dump, overhead electric service (transformer, poles and <br />lines owned by utility), buried water tank, wood-cribbed loadout, and topsoil stockpile. The topsoil does not exhibit erosion or <br />weeds. The outslope of the waste rock dump is at angle of repose but stable. The area to the north of the footprint of the <br />dump has been stripped of topsoil, in anticipation of expanding the dump area. There is no onsite fuel or fluid storage <br />presently, but the operator was reminded of the requirement to provide an impermeable liner below any such storage. There <br />was no mining equipment and no stockpiled ore onsite. <br />There is a 20-foot zircon container placed near the portal, which is owned and used by US DOE for their storage. <br />The east side of the permit is above and near an ephemeral drainage, so the operator must monitor runoff patterns to ensure <br />no offsite sedimentation or sloughing of dump rock beyond the boundary. <br />There is no second underground opening at this time, though the operator stated that eventually a vent shaft may be <br />necessary, possibly to be near the location of the ridge saddle east of the site. If additional land is to be included in this <br />permitted area, the operator must secure an amendment or conversion to the existing permit, depending on how much acreage <br />is added. <br />The US DOE holds a bond posted by the operator for his active operations within the lease tract. The reclamation costs are <br />due to be recalculated by the Division soon, and the figures will be sent to US DOE and to the operator, to ensure that sufficient <br />bond is posted. <br />No further items were observed during the inspection. Responses to this inspection report should be directed to this inspector <br />at the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 691 County Road 233, Suite A-2, Durango, Colorado 81301. (Please note: <br />As of 7/1/08 the Durango Field Office moved to the new address, shown above. Please revise your records as <br />necessarv.) <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME <br />OPERATOR <br />STREET <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP <br />Don Coram <br />Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. <br />845 E Main St. <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br />cc: Steve Shuey, DR.MS <br />? CE <br />? BL <br />? FS <br />? HW <br />? HMWMD (CH) <br />? SE <br />? WQCD (CH) <br />? OTHER <br />Cc: Ed Cotter, US DOE, 2597 63/4 Rd, Grand Junction CO 81503