2012-08-31_INSPECTION - C1996084

• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 8/31/2012
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Ron Thompson
• Inspection Date: 8/22/2012
• Email Name: JHB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

August 22, 2012 C- 1996- 084 /Lorencito Canyon Mine JHB
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA Applicable
Y - Air Resource Protection
R - Availability of Records
Y - Backfill & Grading
R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste
NA - Explosives
Y - Fish & Wildlife
R - Hydrologic Balance
Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan
NA - Other
NA - Processing Waste
R -Roads
R - Reclamation Success
R - Revegetation
NA - Subsidence
R - Slides and Other Damage
NA - Support Facilities On -site
Y -Signs and Markers
NA - Support Facilities Not On -site
Y - Special Categories Of Mining
R - Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a complete inspection conducted by Janet Bums of CDRMS. Mr. Bobby Steele of NECC accompanied
the inspector. The mine site was damp but not wet. The area has been receiving Thunderstorms recently. It was
raining lightly off and on during the inspection with the center of a thunderstorm cell occurring to the Northeast of
the mine. The rain gauge located inside the shrub exclosure fence had 1.45 inches in the gauge. Talking with
other personnel at the New Elk Mine, a large storm event occurred on August 17, 2012. So the 1.45 inches of
precipitation in the rain gauge may have come from one large storm or several smaller storms. NECC personnel
do not check the rain gauge daily. A large storm event had occurred recently at the Lorencito Canyon Mine as
evidenced by considerable sediment in ditches and water being held in ponds.
AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1):
Permit records are stored at the New Elk Mine office, 12250 State Highway 12, Weston, CO. The records are
stored in Ron Thompson's office. File cabinets still need to be moved from the Trinidad NECC office. NECC
indicated that the Trinidad office would be closed at the end of August.
Records were verified on 8/23, and the records form is included at the end of this report.
EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09 Placement; Drainage Control; Surface
Stabilization:
Overall the excess spoil fills held up well to the recent precipitation events. Fill 9 showed no rilling or gullying of
the fill itself or of the benches and 100 year diversion ditches.
Fill 7 exhibited no gullying of the face of the fill. The upper, east gully is showing additional down - cutting to the
east of the fill that will need some reinforcing to retard further down - cutting. Runoff from the haul road and
reclaimed parcels to the north of this ditch still makes it to the eastern fill ditch and ultimately to Pond 7.
Gully repairs NECC conducted on Fill 8 and east of Fill 8 in July 2012 held up well to the recent stone events.
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1
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