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February 2,2011 C-1981-016/Hawk Nest E&W JJD <br /> area that is south of the railroad tracks. The slide blocked the county road until Oxbow Mining removed the <br /> material so that they could have a backdoor access to their Elk Creek Mine. Oxbow will continue to work on the <br /> slide while county trucks haul the material offsite.The road was open to local traffic so there was access to the <br /> east mine while access to the west mine was blocked.No other problems with the county road were noted. <br /> RECLAMATION SUCCESS -Rule 4.15,Rule 3: <br /> Since the entire disturbed area was covered in snow, inspection of the reclamation success was not <br /> possible to any great degree.However, in general,there were no indications of slope instability or erosional <br /> gullying with any of the backfilled and graded areas. <br /> REVEGETATION—Rule 4.15 D=:]Vegetative Cover; Timing: <br /> Since the entire disturbed area was covered in snow,there was no opportunity to inspect the revegetation <br /> success. <br /> SLIDES and DAMAGE -Rule 4.12: <br /> The only slide that was apparent was the natural slide across the county road, as discussed in this report <br /> under"roads".The backfilled areas of the reclaimed mine site appeared to be stable. <br /> SIGNS AND MARKERS—Rule 4.02: <br /> At the reclaimed west mine silo area,two stream buffer zone signs were on their posts along the river. <br /> There is no mine identification sign or surface disturbance markers up since this is a revoked site. <br /> SEALING OF DRILLED HOLES AND UNDERGROUND OPENINGS—Rule 4.07 <br /> RECLAMATION PLAN COMPLIANCE—Rule 4.13 <br /> DOCUMENTS RECEIVED-None <br /> OTHER(SPECIFY) <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br />