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2009 Reclamation Report <br />Southfield Mine <br />* Graded mine site entrance road westerly from Pond 5 to the gate adjacent to the old Vento <br />office building; <br />* Graded road around refuse pile along south side of pile; <br />* Reshaped/cleaned `bar trenches' across road to direct sheet flow to road ditch near intersect of <br />CR92 & refuse pile access road; <br />* Cleaned/graded road ditch adjacent to CR92 & refuse pile access road; <br />* Removed silt fencing from former Pond 3 area northeast perimeter and from the Corley soil <br />pile footprint (Newlin Creek Mine); <br />* Cleaned silt & debris from inlet of culvert pipe adjacent to Pond 5 at mine site. <br />Map 1, Mine Site Reclamation, portrays the general location, dates, and areas of revegetation and <br />reseeding in and adjacent to the former Mine Facilities area. In addition, the map indicates the <br />locations of Mine Site maintenance activities completed during 2009. Dates of revegetation and/or <br />reseeding for the ancillary facilities areas and the Loadout area are shown on Map 2, Ancillary <br />Facilities Areas Reclamation, and Map 3, Loadout Area Reclamation, respectively. <br />Disturbed, Backfilled, and Topsoiled Areas <br />No additional areas were disturbed, backfilled, or topsoiled during the reporting period. <br />During May 2007, a small sinkhole had formed on the northeast flank of the refuse pile south of <br />and adjacent to Pond 4. It was approximately 15 ft in diameter and 6 to 8 ft deep. Al Weaver of <br />Weaver Engineering Services determined from `old works' maps that the subsidence was from the <br />eastern portion of the abandoned Canon Shamrock Mine. The subsidence was immediately <br />repaired and interseeded as previously reported. It is inspected on a routine basis and no further <br />disturbance or settling has been observed. <br />Seeded or Planted Areas <br />During October, 2004, interseeding of approximately 6 acres at the Mine Site, comprising lands <br />owned by the Corley Company, was completed at the end of October. EFCI previously seeded <br />and mulched this area during site revegetation activities in October 2003. Due to some confusion <br />in dealing with the changing wishes and needs of two different landowners concerning seed <br />mixes, EFCI inadvertently applied an incorrect seed mix on the Corley property in 2003. <br />In order to correct the seeding (approved seed mixture) on the Corley property, EFCI submitted a <br />plan -to the DRMS proposing interseeding of the grass species Indian Ricegrass and Beardless <br />Bluebunch Wheatgrass. Upon approval, EFCI broadcast interseeded the referenced area (October <br />2004) at a rate of 1.4 and 3.1 pounds PLS/acre of Indian Ricegrass and Beardless Bluebunch <br />Wheatgrass as was previously reported.