2010-05-01_ENFORCEMENT - M1981185

• Permit No: M1981185
• IBM Index Class Name: ENFORCEMENT
• Doc Date: 5/1/2010
• Doc Name: Board Order
• From: MLRB
• To: Wildcat Mining Corporation
• Email Name: WHE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD
STATE OF COLORADO
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JUN 01 2010
Division o7 Kecwa"tion.
Mining and Safety
ORDER
IN THE MATTER OF WILDCAT MINING CORPORATION'S REQUEST FOR AN
EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND RELATED
MATTERS, File Nos. M-2006-069 and M-1981-185 +
THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ("Board") on May
13, in Grand Junction, Colorado for a hearing to consider Wildcat Mining Corporation's (the
"Operator") request for an extension of a corrective action due date and resulting
modification to an in place Cease and Desist Order. This Order applies to the Idaho Mill, file
number M-2006-069, and the May Day Mine, file number M-1981-185. Mining consultant
George Robinson and Christopher Neumann, Esq. appeared on behalf of the Operator.
Wally Erickson and First Assistant Attorney General Cheryl Linden appeared on behalf of
the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ("Division").
The Board, having considered the parties' presentations and having been otherwise
fully informed of the facts in the matter, enters the following:
FINDINGS
1. The Board has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to §§ 34-32-104 through
107, and 124 of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, § 34-32-101 et seq. C.R.S.
(2009).
2. The Operator is in the process of applying for a reclamation permit for the
Idaho Mill site, a 9.8-acre section 110(2) underground hard rock gold and silver mine, file
number M-2006-069. The Operator is also attempting to update an existing section 110(2)
reclamation permit for the May Day Mine site, file and permit number M-1981-185. Both
sites are accessed by the same unpermitted road. The road's construction and subsequent
use, among other things, has resulted in multiple violations and appearances before the
Board.
3. Both sites are located in Section 28, Township 36 North, Range 11 West, 10th
Principal Meridian. The sites are near the town of Mayday, in La Plata County, Colorado.
4. In 2006, the Operator filed a permit application for the Idaho Mill site, M-
2006-069. The Division approved the application after a lengthy review process. The
Wildcat Mining Corp.
Idaho Mill and May Day Mine
Corrective Actions Modification
M-2006-069 and M-1981-185