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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: m.-1 9An-9d4 <br />INSPECTION DATE: - 9/30/10 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />INSPECTORS INITIALS: _R1( <br />The Division conducted a monitoring construction progress and GW and under drain water <br />sampling inspection of the site on 9/30/10.Presnt during the inspection was Mr. Tim <br />Comer, manager Environmental Resources and Tom Shepherd manager of the Phase V leach <br />construction. <br />The inspection began in Phase V leach pad construction area. The riser pipe area is now <br />covered with leak collection gravel. The final geomembarne liner will be deployed by the <br />end of the week. Most of the western portion of the pregnant pond area has the 2 feet of <br />drain cover in place. Riser pipe connection pipes are going to be connected to the riser <br />pipes by the end of the week. The pregnant area for Phase V pad by the end of the month, <br />with the as built certification to follow as soon as the work is completed. Inspected the <br />Iron Clad Globe Hill area. The new Employee Parking lot is now completed. The new access <br />road to the west is also now fully operational. Drainage control for the road was <br />constructed as approved. Additional measures such as small sumps along the stepper <br />portion of the road could be added to limit and retain the runoff, before it reaches the <br />final sump area. <br />Prior to commencement of the existing valley leach facility, the Division looked at a <br />house in Goldfield where the owner had sent letter to the Division director and the <br />inactive mining program. According to the owner, the blast from the mine was the cause of <br />some damage to his property. The Division has in place at the Gold filed city hole a <br />blast monitoring and compliance location. To date the peak particle velocity at that <br />location never exceeded 0.5ft/sec peak particle velocity. The peak particle velocity was <br />selected to protect even the most dilapidated structures from the office of surface <br />mining blast manual hand book. In addition the mine had placed along the west side of the <br />owners house a blast monitoring station and has been keeping a record since the complaint <br />was raised. <br />Continued the inspection Phase IV High Volume Solution Collection transducer # 7 was <br />recorded at 27.9 # 8 was at 27.5 #9 was at 26.5 and # 10 was at 27.6. Low volume solution <br />collection transducer # 1 was recorded at 14.3 and # 2 was at 10.6 inches of hydrostatic <br />head. <br />Phase I high volume solution Collection transducer # 1 was recorded at 33.7 # 2 was at <br />40.8 and # 3 was at 37.7 piezometer for the pond was recorded at 41.7 Low volume solution <br />collection transducer # 1 was recorded at .15 and # 2 was at .45. <br />Phase II & III High Volume Solution Collection Transducer # 4 was recorded at 32.8 #5 was <br />at 27.2 and # 6 was at 33.6. Low volume solution collection transducer # 1 was recorded <br />at.55 and # 2 was at.23 Piezometer for the pond was recorded at 35.3. Low volume solution <br />collection pressure transducer # 1 was recorded at 0.56 and # 2 was at 0. <br />Inspected the external pond it was holding about the same amount of water as noted during <br />the last inspection. Low volume solution collection transducer # 1 was recorded at 14.3 <br />and # 2 was at 8.6 inches of hydro static head. The low volume solution collection pump <br />#1 was actively pumping water at the time of the inspection. <br />Inspected the under drain area, all lower ponds were dry. Both the south under drain and <br />4 inch pipe AG 1 were discharging at the time of the inspection. <br />Inspected the Cresson mine, main Cresson mine was active at the time of the inspection. <br />Discussed the possibility of applying solution in Phase V, pregnant solution storage <br />area, once the as built certification is accepted by the Division with Mr. Kevin Riley <br />manger of processing and Tim Comer manger of Environmental resources.