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August 17, 2011 <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />C- 1981- 044/Williams Fork Mines <br />COMMENTS <br />V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - Roads <br />R - 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 />This was a complete inspection of the Williams Fork Mine conducted by Jim Stark and Brock Bowles of the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Brian Watterson of Moffat County Mining accompanied <br />us on the. inspection. The mine is currently not operating. The operator is conducting monitoring and reclamation <br />operations at the site. The weather was warm and sunny and the ground was dry. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />- All of the records were brought to the mine in binders by Brian Watterson of Moffat County Mining. The <br />records are kept at the Foidel Creek Mine in Oak Creek, CO. Please see the availability of records checklist at the <br />end of this inspection for more details. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour <br />4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials <br />4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />- The backfilled and regraded Mine No. 4 portal area remained stable and well vegetated at the time of the <br />inspection. There was no evidence of slumping, settling or cracking in the backfill. <br />- The backfilled and regraded solid waste disposal area by the No. 9 Mine refuse pile was stable at the time of the <br />inspection. The area was well vegetated. There was no sign of slumping or settling in the backfilled area. There <br />is a small dozer slot that has been cut in this area for the disposal of other mine related debris. However, it appears <br />as though the area is being used by some of the employees to dump miscellaneous items. Moffat County Mining <br />needs to limit access to this portion of the site and make sure employees are not dumping non - mining related items <br />into the slot. <br />FISH and WILDLIFE — Rule 4.18: <br />- There was a large herd of pronghorn on the east side of the mine. They were on the area south and east of the <br />main haul road. <br />- It appears as though the ground squirrels have returned to the site after they were poisoned a few years ago. <br />There are numerous new burrows throughout the site. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />JRS <br />