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The muck will be tested for adverse (acid producing) minerals and compounds. This volume of <br />material can be stored on a 12 ft by a 12 ft pad, approximately 4 ft high. The pad will be a <br />bermed area on the Klondike adit dump. The pad will be shaped as to prevent runoff and <br />covered with a tarp. If the muck material is benign then it can be used as road material. If not <br />benign and any surplus remains, the remainder will be back-filled into the mine. <br />Drilling activity <br />BLMC notes that if ground water is encountered, drill hole closure must include sealing the borehole <br />from bottom to top with cement or abandonment gel to isolate and protect the aquifer. <br />Underground drilling is not the first choice for the proposed exploration program. We prefer to use a <br />portable drill rig and drill from a surface location. However, if BLMC does drill from underground there <br />are several options for dealing with a possible artesian flow. One option under consideration would be <br />to drill a larger diameter hole for 10 to 20 ft and install and cement casing, install a ball valve at the <br />collar of the casing so that water flows from an artesian well can be controlled. The rest of the drill hole <br />could be completed using smaller diameter drill rods. BLMC believes that this option could be used to <br />safely determine piezometric surface conditions. If there are no artesian conditions at the depths to be <br />encountered then normal underground drilling could resume after a reasonable number of cased drill <br />holes. All non-artesian underground drill holes would be plugged within a few days of completion in <br />order to limit the amount of open drill holes to three at the most. If ground water or artesian conditions <br />were encountered the well would be plugged using cement, hydro expansive materials, or high quality <br />sodium bentonite. <br />BLMC notes that a permanent abandonment report must be submitted for all drill holes. <br />Containment of Fluids <br />The anticipated drilling fluids are water, drill rod grease (biodegradable), sodium bentonite, and linseed <br />soap. If mud pits are to be used they will not be lined. It is the intent of BLMC to hire a drilling company <br />that uses an above -ground tank for mixing mud. <br />Some drilling fluids may be stored on site in the basement of the Klondike cabin on The BLMC Klondike <br />patented claim. The basement of this structure has concrete walls and a dirt floor. Drill rod grease and <br />linseed soap is contained in 5 gallon plastic buckets; bentonite is stored in 50 lb paper sacks. BLMC <br />anticipates no more than two 5 gallon buckets of drill rod grease, and linseed soap each, no more than <br />four 50 lb. sacks of sodium bentonite to be stored in the basement at any given time. For the most part <br />drilling additives will be kept on the driller's truck and removed from the property each night. All drilling <br />additives in the Klondike cabin basement will be placed on an impermeable tarp to prevent seepage.