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H11 / 3t er In - W <br />surface can be shaped to nearly what it was before mining. Overburden or interburden can be spread as <br />needed to fully restore the surface to pre-mining contour and the topsoil can be spread on that surface. <br />In the fall, a seed mixture prescribed by the BLM can be broadcast over the disturbed area at the <br />application rate also prescribed by the BLM. <br />As shown on the Mining Plan Map, a good part of this permit area was previously dredge mined. The <br />machine was a dry land dredge, probably on tracks, and fed by a 1 cubic yard dragline. There are <br />numerous pieces of broken, vasty cable from the dragline. Where their process water came from is an <br />unknown. A side delivery conveyor built simply dumped the tailings on adjourning, mostly unmined <br />land. No topsoil was saved in the dredging operation because it contained gold. When mining in the <br />permit area reaches this dredged ground, it is intended that the previously mined material be <br />reprocessed. That will expose the buried topsoil which will be stored for reclamation and the mining will <br />proceed just as in the previous panels. Reclamation will also be the same but it is not known if enough <br />topsoil can be saved to fully supply that needed for reclamation purposes. <br />As noted before, it will probably take ten years to fully mine this permit area but reclamation will be <br />concurrent. <br />This will be a seasonal operation. Exceedingly low temperatures and snow from November through <br />February and probably March and even April, will probably preclude an operation that is dependent on <br />liquid water. <br />To repeat, probably a little more than one panel will be mined each operating year and each in the <br />fashion as described above. That means it will take about ten years to mine out the permit area. <br />Current information indicates that the ore body, which is unconsolidated alluvial sandstone, is <br />composed of two layers, one right at the surface about three to four feet thick, a lean zone about three <br />feet thick and another gold bearing zone below that about three more feet thick. If the lean zone <br />between the two "ore" horizons has enough recoverable values to pay its way, the entire plus or minus <br />ten feet will be mined and processed. If it is too poor grade, it may have to be stockpiled as interburden <br />and used as backfill during the reclamation phase. The material below the ore zones is more <br />unconsolidated alluvial sandstone. <br />There is gold and silver in economic quantities but he silver might not be recoverable by the gravity <br />extraction method. There are rare earths present but they may not be recoverable either. If salable <br />concentrates can be made in an economic fashion, they will certainly be saved and sold for conversion <br />to finished product. <br />No blasting will be used in this operation. <br />When this operation shuts down for the winter, all the water in the ponds will be used up in the final <br />stages of the operation or permitted to percolate back down to the water table. These sands are highly <br />permeable and won't retain water at the surface. The ponds will be fenced off. <br />During the winter downtime, the plant and site will be visited at least once a week by a staff <br />representative. A local rancher who will be hauling feed to his cattle during the winter and passes right <br />which show the road by the permit site each day just across the fence in Section 1, would be asked to <br />inform Jubilee Venture of any anomalous situations he witnessed. <br />?&> I L-l6