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February 22, 2012 C -1981 -013 /Golden Eagle Mine JHB <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspecte d R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. The Golden Eagle si te consists of a <br />reclaimed Ventilation fan and surrounding pad area, and reclaimed access roads. The rest of the Golden Eagle <br />operation has previously received final bond release. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> Golden Eagle Mine records are stored at the New Elk Mine office in Trinidad. Records were inspected. A <br />Rill and Gully Report is still needed to be filed for 2011. Records checklist is included with this inspection report. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br /> Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, <br />4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring <br />4.05.13; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> The Golden Eagle NW vent shaft site consists of a graded pad around the sealed and regra ded ventilation <br />shaft. The site is graded gently eastward, is designed and functions as an SAE. The site is well vegetated with <br />native grasses, and shows no evidence of rills or gullies. An upland diversion remains in place upslope from the <br />reclaimed s ite. Drainage from the logging operation to the north is directed onto the Golden Eagle site. This ditch <br />intercepts the Golden Eag l e NW vent fan site east (downslope) of the Golden Eagle disturbance area limits. No <br />rills were apparent from this additional dra inage being routed onto the Golden Eagle site. <br />N o problems we r e identified with the uplan d diversion ditch to the west of the reclaimed vent shaft pa d. <br /> <br />GENERA L MINE PLAN COMPLANCE: <br />No problems were observed on the reclaimed area during the inspection. <br />