2010-05-05_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - P2010005

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05/05/2010 13:29 RIO GRANDE NF 4 80119702475104 NO.621 D03 It In Phase one, we plan to pick and sift-screen through old pre existing rock dump sites. After screening and examining the waste rock dump sites, we will place the waste rock into the pre-existing pit. This was a pre-lawed pit that was worked on for many years by previous owners. We will use a track hoe with a 1 ton clump truck to dump into the pit. We will not create any new pits through the removal or excavation of waste rock in Phase one. If the waste rock is on a slope, the material we move from that area will be conformed to the existing gentle slope. If it is on a level area, it will also be leveled to conform the existing area site. We will watch for sediment if we create or disturb new surfaces. As we place waste rock into the existing pit, we will dump and push it into the pit floor against the wall. I doubt that the pit will ever be filled to what is was prior to the excavation of its present condition. However, we will dump and push the surrounding waste rock that we screen to cover up against the pit floor against the high wall with a graded slope of 3.1. This will be an ongoing process. If seeding is required, we will spread rabbit bush seed after reclamation. The present roads will be maintained to a usable operable level, in order to keep them from deteriorating. PROPOSED OPERATION: We plan to begin our operation May 24, 2010. It will be on going as a seasonal operation for approximately two years of proposed date of commencement. The proposed operation is going to be casual, prospecting and exploring, The work will mostly be done with picks and rakes and shovels in order to explore the areas for sampling. A Drott track hoe, Case 9020 B excavator, 342 A John Deere Tractor Backhoe, and a out ton truck may be used in selected areas. The track hoe may be used to move and scrape the dead rock material to refill the large pit and trenches. The track bee will remain at the mine site as we are working and prospecting at the mine site. It would not be cost effective to move this piece of equipment out on a daily basis. We will remove the track hoe when we are out working at the mine site, which will. be on a seasonal basis. SAFETY ;A RD AGI G IQN.- There will be no fuel. stoned at the mine site. No new structures or fences will be erected. The existing roads will be maintained to a usable level to avoid deterioration. They will be maintained to a good operable level. An ad-it/ portal entrance at the southern edge of the mine will be secured with wire in front of the hole in order to allow wildlife species proper entry and exit of portal. In the event that BLM personnel rewire the portal to be backfilled, ft we be addressed at that point. The entrance will mainly be secured to keep unauthorized personnel from entering the port bole. A gate has been placed at the entrance of the mine site to keep unauthorized personnel out.