2011-02-18_PERMIT FILE - P2011001

• Permit No: P2011001
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 2/18/2011
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review #2
• From: DRMS
• To: Empress Gold Mining and Milling, Inc.
• Email Name: JLE
• Email Name: AJW
• Media Type: D
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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203 n COLORADO
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FAX: [phone] MINING
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February 18, 2011 John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Robert D. Fabrizio Mike King
Empress Gold Mining and Milling, Inc. Executive Director
1330 S. 9th Street Loretta E. Pineda
Canon City, Colorado 81212 Director
RE: Notice of Intent (NOI) to Conduct Prospecting Operations Application
Stanley Mine; P-2011-001; Adequacy Review #2
Dear Mr. Fabrizio,
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) received your response to the first adequacy
review of the Notice of Intent (NOI) to Conduct Prospecting Operations for Hard Rock/Metal Mines at
the Stanley Mine; File No. P-2011-001. Your response was received on February 2, 2011. The Division
has reviewed the submitted material for adequacy. Please address the following items;
Project Description:
1.) The copy of the Stanley Mine plat map submitted in your response did not have a scale drawn or
indicated on the map. However, based on some of the dimensions shown on the map, the
Division estimated the area highlighted as the "permit area" to be 7,843 square feet, not the
quarter acre discussed later in your response. Does this map depict the entire area to be affected
by the prospecting operation? If not, please re-submit a map depicting the total surface area
involved with the operation. Please ensure the submitted map is drawn at a proper scale with the
scale depicted on the map.
2.) Prior to Division approval of the NOI, the Applicant must demonstrate the conditions beyond the
cave-in are dry. Based on the site visit yesterday, there did not appear to be any water coming out
of the adit. Given the number of drifts and stopes below the adit anticipated to be used for the
prospecting operation, it is unlikely there is water beyond the cave in, however it is not
impossibility. As discussed yesterday, the Division would like to conduct a follow-up inspection
as soon as possible to observe the caved in area to determine the conditions at that location.
3.) Please describe the condition of 30x3Oxl2 foot dump area and what work will need to be done to
improve this area to be used for the operation?
a. Please indicate the thickness of the concrete walls and floor to be installed.
b. Describe what measures will be taken to prevent stormwater from entering and exiting
the waste pit to prevent acid and toxic runoff from the waste material.
4.) The Applicant did not provide the letter from the Division of Water Resources (DWR) or "State
Water Engineer" as they are referred to in the original application. The Division received a letter
from the DWR on February 3, 2011. A copy of the letter is enclosed for your review. The letter
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