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MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: m-gnn.?-nA7 <br />INSPECTION DATE: tune 1St gnin INSPECTORS INITIALS: 11F <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a normal monitoring inspection of the Carrizo Stone North pit, DRMS file No. M-2005-067. This site is <br />located approximately 22 miles southwest of Pritchett, Colorado in Baca County. I, Jared Ebert of the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety conducted the inspection. Mr. Ray Sikes of Carrizo Stone, <br />LLC. accompanied me on the inspection. <br />This is a 110c mining operation with a permit area of 9.9 acres. The Operator has affected approximately 8.48 <br />acres of land. The majority of the site disturbance is made up of stockpiles of waste rock and topsoil, pallets of <br />assorted stone products, processing equipment, and a quarry area where the rock is mined. The quarry area is <br />located in the northern portion of the affected land. The quarry is a relatively shallow excavation with several <br />working benches that daylight to the south. Waste rock is stockpiled in various locations throughout the site. <br />Pallets of various sizes and shapes of stone products are located at the southern end of the affected land. <br />Topsoil is stockpiled in the northern portion of the affected land and it appears stable. <br />Mr. Sikes had the boundary of the mine marked with metal poles. However, they are not in the right location. <br />Mr. Sikes explained during the permitting process an error was made drawing the mining and reclamation plan <br />maps. He believes the north arrow was incorrectly placed on the map, inadvertently orienting the boundary in <br />the wrong direction. The marked boundary was mapped using a Trimble GPS unit and it does not correspond <br />to the current approved permit boundary. A map of the Division's findings is enclosed with this report. The <br />map depicts the boundary that is marked at the site, the affected land area, and an estimate of the location of <br />the current approved permit boundary. Based on these observations, it appears the Operator has affected <br />land outside of the approved eastern and western boundaries. Approximately 2.5 acres of land has been <br />affected outside of the current approved boundary. This issue is cited as a Possible Violation at the end of <br />this report and will require corrective action to be taken by the Operator. <br />Figure 2.) From the northeast portion of the <br />affected area looking south. Topsoil stockpile. <br />Figure 1.) From the southeast corner marker looking <br />west.