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RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS DATED 9/5/80 <br /> A. Legal Description - Appendix A. <br /> Q. To simplify matters, please supply a description by <br /> reference to township, range and section to at least <br /> the nearest quarter quarter section. <br /> A. This description is attached at the end of these <br /> answers. <br /> B. Pre-Mining and Mining Plan Maps. <br /> Q. Please submit a map showing all immediately adjacent <br /> surface owners of record . <br /> A. This map was submitted on 9/9/80 . <br /> C. Mining Plan - Section 2 . <br /> 1. Q. Any remaining benches above the open pit must be <br /> eliminated to create a talus slope appearance <br /> prior to bond release . <br /> A. The amendments we have requested do not propose <br /> any change in the size or location of these <br /> benches ; nor do they propose any change in our <br /> commitment to reclaim them. <br /> In our mining and reclamation plans we have not <br /> proposed any active recontouring of these <br /> benches during the life of the open pit, because <br /> the bench system provides safety to workers and <br /> equipment. Furthermore , based on past exper- <br /> fence , we do not believe that active recon- <br /> touring will be required after open pit <br /> operations cease . Approximately 90% of the open <br /> pit wall will ultimately be affected by <br /> E subsidence . This subsidence will break up the <br /> rz benches and flatten their slopes. These <br /> benches , as well as those on unaffected portions <br /> of the pit wall , will also tend to break up <br /> because of their many natural and blasting- <br /> induced fractures, and the effects of frost and <br /> gravity on same . <br /> -1- <br />