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J anuary 11, 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: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspecte d N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - G en. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br /> <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 />R - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Janet Binns of CDRMS. The weather was cold and snowing lightly. <br />Approximately 1/2 in ch of fresh snow had accumulated during the day. Approximately 1 -2 inches of older snow <br />remains on the site. The Golden Eagle mine consists of a reclaimed Vent fan site, reclaimed access road, and <br />upland diversion ditch. No mine personnel remain on the property. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Grou nd Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> No sedimentation pond exists on the site. Runoff from the site is treated as a small are a exemption. <br />Runoff from the logging operation immediately North of the Golden Eagle permit area has been directed on to the <br />Golden Eagle site via a ditch. A rill has begun to form on the west side of the Golden Eagle site, however, the <br />logging operation ditch and drainage area located north and east of the Golden Eagle d isturbance area markers. <br /> <br />Photo s 3 & 4 <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br /> The reclaimed access road is stable with no evidence of erosion o r gully formation. <br /> <br />RECLAMATION SUCCESS - Rule 4.15, Rule 3: <br /> Other than runoff being directed onto the site by the logging operation to the north, no concerns were <br />identified on the site. <br /> <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS – Rule 4.02: <br /> Mine ID sign and disturbance are a markers remain intact and provide the required information.