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February 22, 2011 C-1980-005/Seneca II Mine JDM <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />BACKFILL and GRADING - Rule 4.14 ? ? Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original <br />Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic <br />Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />All backfilled and graded slopes were stable based on the aerial photographs. No damage noted. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 ? ? Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage - Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Established ditches #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, SIIPM-8, SIIPM-13 and SIIPM-13A were snow-covered with no evidence <br />of damage or problems noted. Pond 008 appeared frozen and snow covered at the time of the inspection. Pond <br />008 embankments appeared stable with no problems noted. <br />OTHER (SPECIFY): <br />This was an aerial inspection flown by Harry Ranney of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division). Oblique aerial photographs were taken on February 22, 2011 and reviewed in the Denver office by <br />Jason Musick of the Division on February 24, 2011. The site was snow covered with no active mining activities <br />being conducted at the time of the inspection. <br />ROADS - Rule 4.03 ? ? Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) ? ? Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) ? ? Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) El ?Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />The South Road and Pond 008 access road were snow covered at the time of the inspection. Roads have not been <br />recently plowed and appeared inaccessible due to on the ground conditions. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Page 2 of 4