2011-03-15_REVISION - M1981185

• Permit No: M1981185
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/15/2011
• Doc Name: Preliminary addequacy issues ‎(CN-01)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: R Squared Incorporated
• Type & Sequence: CN1
• Email Name: WHE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
March 15, 2011
George Robinson
R Squared Incorporated
5555 DTC Parkway, Suite A-4000
RECEIV
MAR 18 ZU11
Dlvi?ion of Reclamation,
Mining and Safety
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Loretta E. Piiieda
Director
RE: Preliminary Adequacy Issues for a 112d-1 Application, CN-01,, -
Wildcat Mining Corporation, May Day Idaho Mine Complex,'File No. M-1981-185--
Dear Mr. Robinson:
Herein, all references to the Act and Rules refer to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act,
34-32-101 et seq., C.R.S. (the Act or Hard Rock Act), and to the Mineral Rules and Regulations of
the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Hard Rock, Metal and Designated Mining
Operations (the Rules). The current Act and Rules are available on the Division's web site at
www.mining.state.co.us.
Through CN-01, Wildcat Mining Corporation (Applicant or Operator) attempts to comply with
the corrective actions of five violations and the conditions of a Mined Land Reclamation Board
approved Joint Stipulation, signed July 28, 2010 (Joint Stipulation). The application attempts to
address numerous issues including, but not limited to, the following:
• Geotechnical stability issues with the reconstruction and reclamation of an illegal access
road from County Road 124 to the bridge at La Plata River;
• Geotechnical stability issues with the reconstruction and reclamation of the illegal portal
at the May Day 1 level. The portal was constructed directly on a fault line. The portal
collapsed shortly after its unpermitted construction;
• Reconstruction of the illegal mill facility at the May Day 1 level and ultimate certification
of the facility as an Environmental Protection Facility. The unpermitted mill was
constructed directly on a fault line. The mill was not constructed to DMO standards.
The mill is now partially buried by debris from the collapsed illegal portal;
• Certification of an underground location as an appropriate Environmental Protection
Facility for the containment of mill tailings;
• Geotechnical stability issues for the access road to the Incas Mine, which was
undermined and possibly destabilized during the construction of the illegal Chief Portal;
• Reconstruction, possible relocation, and reclamation of the illegal Chief Portal, which
was located in the drainage channel of Little Deadwood Gulch; and
• Reconstruction of the drainage channel of Little Deadwood Gulch, which has been
adversely affected by mine activities at the Chief Portal and May Day 2 level.
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