2011-09-16_INSPECTION - P2011003

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OBSERVATIONS PERMIT #: PF.Id INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: RCO INSPECTION DATE: August 29, 2011 This was a routine inspection performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Hard Rock /Metal prospecting operations, approved under a Notice of Intent to Conduct Prospecting (NOI). The NOI was approved and bond was posted earlier in 2011, but the operator has not commenced any activity here. The site is located in upper Governor Basin and accessible via an existing road. There is a new steel gate installed near the entrance to the site, but it was unlocked and open at the time of the inspection. The site consists of a pre -law mine portal and waste rock dump. The underground opening is secured by a locked steel grate. The portal structure consists of heavy timbers; it appears relatively new and is intact. Tracks extend out of the portal and across the dump pad. There is a discharge from the portal, which splits and flows off the dump in two directions. The NOI file described and mapped the northerly route of the discharge, but nothing was included in the file about the easterly route. It bears consideration to actively manage the discharge flow, to route it away from more mineralized dump rock material or contact with metal debris. A few minutes with a shovel could close one of the two discharge routes. Presently this is not a problem. There are numerous old steel and wooden items of mining - related debris present in the northerly gully (where part of the discharge flows) that slopes down the dump face. Some of the debris may be associated with the pre -law mill once housed underground here. There is some more old debris piled on the north edge of the dump surface itself, which appears to be associated with the cable tram tower that formerly served to carry ore from this mine down to the bottom of this basin. (A significant structure, near the approved affected area but not associated with the NOI, is an old, partially dilapidated boarding house. No disturbance under this NOI will occur at the boarding house.) There is a corrugated steel shed (12x15x10ft) on the pad. There is very little stored inside the shed presently, but it is approved for use under this NOI. There are no windows in the shed, and the door is locked. The waste rock dump is steep- sided, but does not appear to be eroding. The dump pad is level, and measures about 100 x 100 ft. There is no ore or other materials stockpiled on the site. There is no berm at the crest. There has been no activity since this site was approved and bonded. The bond is sufficient at this time. The operator has been taking water quality samples, and forwarding the analyses to this office. Sampling will continue as approved. For questions regarding this report, please contact this inspector at the Division's Durango Field Office: DRMS — Durango Field Office, 691 CR 233, Room A -2, Durango, CO 81301; Telephone: 970 - 247 -5193 Inspection Contact Address Ken Orvis The Mining Company, Inc. 21599 Hwy 550 Ridgway, CO 81432 CC: Karmen King, Grayling LLC, 18050 Rd G, Cortez, CO 81321 Page 2 of 3