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As demonstrated to date by CC &V's at the Cresson Project, there is no evidence that <br />future water will be impounded in the reclaimed mine areas upon completion of <br />reclamation activities. Precipitation received in the area is generally less than potential <br />evaporation and the geologic materials of the diatreme are sufficiently permeable as to <br />preclude impoundment of those future water unless a barrier to infiltration is purposefully <br />constructed. <br />North Cresson Mine Area Viewshed Conservation Plan <br />In addition to the site -wide reclamation activities to re- establish wildlife habitat and <br />grazing as the post- mining land use, previously approved specific additional reclamation <br />activities for the North Cresson Mine area will be completed as approved for MLE. <br />Following mining in the North Cresson Mine area, the upper portion of the ridge facing <br />the City of Cripple Creek will present a visual contrast of regraded, 2.5H:1 V reclaimed <br />slopes above mature Aspen and Engelmann Spruce stands along the lower portion of the <br />ridge. In order to blend the land reclamation with the remaining trees, CC &V will <br />conduct an Aspen transplanting program. Where the reclaimed slopes are adjacent to <br />mature aspen stands, CC &V will excavate mature "pads" of Aspen trees from defined <br />areas within the mature stands (at the contact line) and transplant those "pads" to the <br />reclaimed slopes to extend the Aspen stands into the reclaimed areas in a pattern that will <br />visually break -up the line between Aspen stands and reclamation slopes. <br />This transplanting will be completed with a large front -end loader (Cat 992 or equivalent) <br />or with large excavators (such as Cat 335 or equivalent) at the equivalent tree density of <br />approximately 400 mature stems per acre. For reclamation financial warranty calculation <br />purposes, CC &V has estimated that ten (10) acres of mature Aspen transplanting will be <br />completed to extend these Aspen stands back into the reclaimed slopes in that area of the <br />Cresson Project. <br />In addition, several of the mature Aspen stands on the ridge below the North Cresson <br />Mine area are currently transitioning from mature Aspen to Engelmann Spruce stands. <br />As approved under MLE, prior to mining in North Cresson, CC &V will remove (thin) the <br />invading Engelmann Spruce from these stands, thus prolonging the interim domination of <br />the Aspen trees. For reclamation financial warranty calculation purposes, CC &V <br />proposes to thin the Engelmann Spruce from 100 acres of mature aspens in the Cripple <br />Creek viewshed below the North Cresson Mine areas. <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />Cresson Project Mine Life Extension 2 <br />12 -9 <br />