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Reclamation <br />• <br />Reclamation Measures <br />Reclamation required by the DMG permit has to be completed before any further remediation can be <br />done at this site. It is unknown at this time what the extent of reclamation will be. <br />To reduce leaching of heavy metals from the waste rock, the waste rock above the mill building <br />should be removed. This waste rock can be consolidated at the main pile. A stream channel should <br />be constructed through the mine site. Currently, the County road is the stream channel during high <br />flows. It is suggested that the current road be excavated and placed on the side of the waste rock <br />pile. This will form a stream channel in the present roadbed. <br />Rattler Tunnel (Site #25 and #26 <br />Location <br />This site is located in Boomerang Gulch approximately '/< mile above the confluence with Virginia <br />Canyon (Figures 3 and 13). This mine site is also known as the Idaho Tunnel and the Idaho-Bride <br />Tunnel. There are two distinct waste rock piles at the site, separated by the county road through the <br />site. The main waste pile was sampled as site #25. The waste pile below the road was sampled as <br />site #26. Site #25 is located at LAT. N390 45' 24.3", LONG. W1050 31' 20.0". Site #26 is located at <br />LAT. N39° 45'22.5", LONG. W105° 31' 19.9". The estimated volume of waste rock at site #25 is <br />15,000 cubic yards. The estimated volume of mine waste at site #26 is 12,500 cubic yards. <br />• <br />• <br />33 <br />Historic Structures <br />The only structure at this site is a loadout adjacent to the county road passing through this site. This <br />loadout is one of the two most photographed and most visited historic sights in Virginia Canyon.