2001-04-03_REVISION - M1977378 (3)

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Receiv APR 3 �pp1 0 D pn ofMnerald Office /S&Geo/ RECLAMATION REPORT SUMMARY °9Y Power House Area Reclamation of the 7.44 acres included in this release request started in 1988. The old Engineering Office was donated to the Town of Silverton in 1988 and moved from the site. The basement was then back-filled to grade and planted with the seed mix for the area"Mountain Mix". In July of 1990, the area bordering the Animas River and southwest of the drainage ditch was graded and seeded with the"Mountain Mix". The seeding rate was 22 lbs/acre with mulch at 2000 lbs/acre and tackifier at 40 lbs/acre. Initial growth was poor, possibly due to the one step procedure used to place the tackifier and mulch. It appeared that the seed was held off the ground by the tackifier mixed with the mulch. In 1992, after soil tests, the area was amended with limestone (2-5 tons per acre) and fertilized with liquid fertilizer (40-45-50). Areas with poor growth were re-seeded with the "Mountain Mix". In 1993, vegetation was becoming established and the area was fertilized with liquid fertilizer (7.17N, 5.38P, 8.96K). In 1994, lupine and firewood seeds were spread and some aspen trees were planted in the area. In 1995, shrubs were planted in the area to add plant diversity and complete the reclamation planting requirements in the reclamation plan for this area. Sunnyside deeded the bulk of the area to the San Juan County Historical Society in 1996, although there were small fractions that remained under Sunnyside's ownership due to the complication of parcel boundaries. With this transfer and the permit amendment AM-004, the requirement to remove the buildings was removed from Sunnyside's MLR permit. Since title to the buildings and most of the area had passed to the Historical Society, they leased space to tenants to pay their holding costs and provide low cost business space as a service to the community to encourage establishment of small businesses in the area. Sunnyside received authorization from San Juan County to subdivide the remaining parcels to consolidate the Historical Society's land position and make it easier for them to develop and implement their long range plan to establish a business park in the area. The fractions were deeded to the San Juan County Historical Society in 2000. During 2000, the Historical Society began construction of a Mining Museum in Silverton as one of their projects. Material excavated from the site for the foundation was hauled to the Power House site and stockpiled for later use in development of their Business Park at the site and Sunnyside removed the topsoil stockpile that had been stored there for usage during final reclamation. The topsoil was moved to the top of Tailings Pond #4. The area is now ready for the Historical Society's use to develop a Business Park according to their plans and the approved post mining land use according to Sunnyside's MLR Permit Reclamation Plan.