_INSPECTION - C1981022 ‎(57)‎

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Jim Kiger
• Inspection Date: 8/16/2011
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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August 16, 2011 C-1981-022/Elk Creek Mine BFB
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R= omments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable
N -Air Resource Protection N Roads
N -Availability of Records N Reclamation Success
R -Backfill&Grading R Revegetation
N -Excess Spoil and Dev.Waste N Subsidence
N -Explosives N Slides and Other Damage
N -Fish&Wildlife N Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance R Signs and Markers
R -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N Support Facilities Not On-site
N -Other N Special Categories Of Mining
N -Processing Waste N Topsoil
COMMENTS
INTRODUCTION: This was a partial in pection of the Elk Creek Mine conducted by Brock Bowles and Jim
Stark of the Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining and Safety on August 16, 2011. Jim Kiger,Environmental
Manager for Oxbow Mining, LLC was prlesent during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and
warm and the ground conditions were damp. The focus of this; inspection is gob vent borehole pad reclamation.
BACKFILL and GRADING—Rule 4.14 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour
4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2,4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials
4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6:
Drill pads and access roads were graded to AOC. Natural drainages were rock lined, surfaces were
roughened and woody debris was scattered over surface. Pad GVB-18-01 was recently reclaimed along with
approximately 100 feet of the access road,(photo 1). The remaining part of the access road will be partially
reclaimed to an ATV road at the request of the landowners. As a reminder,written permission from the
landowners is required for leaving the light use road leading to the reclaimed pad and a revision must be
submitted to the Division as per Rule .03.3(7) and 2.05.5 (1)(a)-(b).
Approximately 75%of pad GVB-16-07(photo 2)was reclaimed and seeded. One bore hole will remain as a
degas vent. Pads GVB-15-05 (photo 3), 15-06, 15-07 (photo 4)and 16-06 were all reclaimed to AOC and seeded
as were the access roads to these sites.
HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05❑ Drainage Control 4.05.1,4.05.2,4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5,
4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water
Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage—Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8;
Impoundments 4.05.6,4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18:
Pond B had standing water and there was no evidence of discharge. Jim Kiger explained that sediment is
usually cleaned out every two years and t at pond B will be cleaned next year.
The discharge end of the Elk Creek diversion culvert was clean and clear of debris. Elk Creek was flowing at a
very low volume(photo 5).
On pad GVB-17-01,the straw waddle ne ds to be moved so it will control the sediment runoff on the west end of
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0
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