2012-05-17_INSPECTION - C1980007 (2)

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May 9, 2012 C- 1980- 007/West Elk Mine JRS ROADS — Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): - The main mine entrance and haul road is a paved road. The road was well maintained and stable. - The road to the Sylvester Gulch facilities was well maintained and stable. There was no rutting on the road and no erosional problems were noted. - The haul road to the RPEE was stable and well maintained at the time of the inspection. There was no rutting or erosional problems noted. There was some sloughing of material off of the cut - slopes into the roadside ditch. This ditch will need to be cleaned. SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: - The HR -1 slide area remained stable at the time of the inspection. There did, however, appear to be a large tension crack at the top of the slope that ran the entire length parallel to the haul road. MCC does have a technical revision in to the Division for the as -built for the slide repair (TR -128) but this TR was deemed incomplete, pending an engineering report. - The ST -02 slide area remains stable. This area was reseeded and the entire area was covered with erosion control mat. SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: - During the inspection numerous active and reclaimed methane drainage wells were inspected. The active wells that were inspected are E3 -51, E3 -59, 61 and 63 (on the same pad), E -47 and E -44. All of the pads were well maintained and stable and no erosional problems were noted on any of these pads. There was positive drainage off of all of the pads visited. All of the pads had a small topsoil stockpile above the pad and all of the topsoil stockpiles had an "topsoil" sign in place. The inactive pads visited were the E1 -51 -55 pad, E1 -48 and E1 -42. The reclaimed E1 -51 -55 pad had a small slump at the bottom of the reclamation. Mike Peacock indicated that there have been some problems with this area and that MCC was going to get into the area once conditions allow and fix the slump. Reclaimed pad E1 -48 was stable and no problems were noted. Pad E1 -42 is not reclaimed and is being used as a staging area for this summer's drilling activities. - All of the light -use roads constructed to access the MDW pads were well maintained and stable. There were no erosional problems noted and there was no rutting on the roads. - There is a flexible plastic pipe that runs along the light -use road for water for the drilling of the MDW's. Mike Peacock indicated that MCC would be using water from the Dry Fork for the drilling this summer so much of this pipe will probably be removed this year. SIGNS AND MARKERS — Rule 4.02: - The mine ID sign was in place and contained all of the necessary information. - Stream buffer zone signs were in place along the Sylvester Gulch road and along the North Fork of the Gunnison by the NSSA. - All of the topsoil and subsoil piles inspected along the Sylvester Gulch road, the NSSA and at the MDW pads had the appropriate sign in place. Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 11 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 Page 4 of 14