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AMAX Mineral Resour :om _ - III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 1707 Cole Boulevard Golden,CO 80401-3293 303 234-9020 999 ® AMAJ< Minerals+Energy February 25, 1988 FT CERTIFIED MAIL P 424 752 101 rt Ms. Margaret Winter FEB 1988 Chairperson % FMY�± {� £ Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board ��LAN1A . �,n 423 Centennial Building =� 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80213 i RE: Annual Report. Permit No. M-77-493 ; Climax Mine Dear Ms . Winter: As with the last five years, 1987 continued to be extremely depressed for the primary molybdenum mining industry. The Climax Mine continued to follow the down side of this trend through 1987 . The Climax Mine began 1987 producing from the underground operation at a rate of approximately 9500 tons/day which represented less than 20% of total mine capacity. Manpower at the beginning of 1987 was 197 . In early March , all direct production from the mine ceased and manpower was reduced to approximately fifty full-time personnel . Con- centrates continued to be shipped from the mine into 1987. The underground operation was shut completely, but the open pit , mill and all related facilities were actively main- tained at a high level of readiness through the remainder of 1987 ; a situation expected to continue in 1988 . Climax intends to maintain the mine in this active ready state as a market "swing producer" with the ability to produce prod- uct on short notice as the world market dictates . AFFECTED LANDS Because of limited production in 1987, affected lands did not increase during the year. The small amount of tailing produced during the year was deposited in the Ten Mile pond, the affected acreage of which did not increase . The Mayflower tailing pond continued to be used strictly for water treatment . The McNulty dump did not increase in acreage during 1987 and is not expected to increase in size in the near future. Therefore, no additional topsoil was removed from the toe area of this dump.