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(a) Mining will commence in the summer of 2013 upon approval of this permit. It is unknown what <br />the duration of the mining will be given the short season at altitude, but it is thought be at least <br />10 years. <br />(b) Although much of the mine is barren of topsoil, areas that have some vegetative cover will be <br />salvaged to a depth of 6 inches. The soil stockpile will be placed along the northeastern <br />perimeter of the mine. The material will be placed in an area away from the mine traffic and <br />with natural run -off features. The material will be compacted to stabilize it for reclamation use. <br />(c) There is little to no overburden or waste rock on site. <br />(d) The ore body ranges from 12 -17 feet to bedrock. On the bottom 2 -3 feet there is a clay layer. <br />It is nearly barren of gold. <br />(e) The operation will consist of a dry screening area where the material will be classified to minus 3 <br />inch. This process will use a 6 inch stationary grizzly. The oversize will eject to the side and the <br />minus 6 inch will fall onto a 3 inch vibratory screen deck and be classified to minus 3 inch. The <br />minus 3 inch will be trucked to the wash plant. There the material will be loaded into a feed <br />hopper and conveyed to a course gold trap (sluice) which will feed the trommel. The trommel <br />will have a 4 screen and the oversize will eject out the end. The undersized will drop onto a 30 <br />foot sluice box. The tailings will be placed along the east property line. The tailings area will be <br />approximately 248 feet by 60 feet. There will be a small stockpile of head ore placed above the <br />pond near the wash plant and the stockpile will be replenished with material from the dry <br />screening area throughout the day. There will be no change to the existing rocks in the area, <br />however a haul road will need to be built on site to encompass the mine face, dry screening <br />area, wash plant and tailings area. The pit will open below and to the east of the pond. It will <br />have sides from 12 —17 feet and will be cut in at a 3:1 slope. The cut will be approximately 100 <br />feet wide. There will be an office trailer as well as a maintenance area and a truck mounted fuel <br />truck. <br />(f) There are two small ponds on the site. The larger of the two is approximately 300 feet long and <br />90 feet wide. The smaller pond is 135 feet long and 35 feet wide. The mine face will be <br />approximately 100 feet wide and 12 —17 feet high and will be sloped at 3:1. The tailings area <br />will be placed along the east prospect line and will run for about 270 feet. There will be a small <br />stockpile area which will contain between 30 — 50 yards of material. <br />(g) The roads on Pennsylvania Mountain are double track Jeep roads averaging 7 feet wide. There <br />are many roads leading to mines and prospect sites in the area. No improvements to these <br />roads will be made. A haul road will be built on the mine 15 — 20 feet wide and around 1100 <br />feet in length. There are no runoff or conveyance structures on site or in access areas and none <br />will be built. <br />