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Item Mine #3 Mine #4 Mine #5 Comments <br /> Install No No Yes The base of the regraded hillside at Mine #5 <br /> Surface required a sediment collection channel and a <br /> Hydrologic berm along Coal Creek. These costs were <br /> Controls also not significant. <br /> Cost of $188,200 $91,675 $37,038 The costs for the Mines #3 and #4 are the <br /> Work or lowest bids received and executed by the <br /> $51,246 DMG. The first cost for Mine #5 is simply <br /> MCR's cost as shown on the spreadsheet. <br /> The second cost was determined by utilizing <br /> the same time and costs charged in the <br /> spreadsheet with the additional owning costs <br /> of the MCR retained equipment (no idle <br /> hours charged). <br /> Mines 3 and 4 were reclaimed by the DMG. <br /> Mine 5 was reclaimed by Pitkin Iron/MCR. <br /> 19. Exhibit 2, on the next page, graphically shows the difference in reclamation costs for the <br /> mine portals. <br /> 20. The difference of costs in the above comparison is a clear example of the validity of the <br /> Pitkin Iron charges. MCR simply could not have utilized a better alternative at the time, especially when <br /> the financial status of MCR is considered. Also, I personally supervised the progress of the work at Mine <br /> #5 and I can state that the Pitkin workers were diligent, hard-working and honest. I never saw evidence <br /> of laziness or attempts to defraud either Pitkin or MCR. <br /> 21. A similar comparison can be made to re-topsoiling the Sutey Pile, although MCR never <br /> did actually finish the work due to the State takeover. A credible contractor who I have worked with in <br /> the past at three other minesites supplied a bid to replace topsoil at the Sutey Pile for a cost of$.80 per <br /> cubic yard and a total quantity of 35,000 cubic yards. DMG's winning bidder for the Sutey Pile work, <br /> Bogue Construction, bid $89,890 for the Sutey Pile soil replacement plus 5,000 cubic yards at the Old <br /> Refuse Pile. Therefore, his average cost per cubic yard was $89,890/40,000 cy = $2.25 per cy. <br /> 22. Details of the DMG's costs for recently completed reclamation projects at Mines 3, 4 and <br /> the Sutey Pile are contained in Appendix B. <br /> 23. The mine portal cost comparison also highlights an important point in regard to the MCR <br /> retained equipment. The owning costs of this equipment are significant and were never charged to the <br /> estate. This item is discussed in more detail in the following section. <br /> 9 <br />