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(h) The wash plant will use 350 gallons of water per minute. The water will be pumped from the <br />existing pond through 4 inch lay flat hose to the wash plant. The water will then be recycled. <br />(i) The wash plant will dewater into a slimes pond with a French drain. This water will flow into the <br />pond for reuse. There is no ground water on site; it is only 12 —17 feet to bedrock. The water <br />the ponds receive comes from snowmelt and may or may not last the season. The mine will be <br />a non - consumptive source of water. <br />(j) The Combination Placer claim has seven acre feet of deeded water rights. There will be no <br />release of water from the mine. The operation will be a non - consumptive source of water. The <br />water comes from snowpack. The length of the mining season will depend on how much water <br />can be put into storage from the snowpack. <br />(k) No acidic producing material will be excavated during mining, however if refuse is excavated it <br />will be hauled away from the site. <br />(1) All process ponds will be graded at 4:1 and compacted. The detention structures will have 2 <br />feet of freeboard. These ponds will remain after the life of the mine to provide wildlife habitat. <br />(m) The operation will consist of two separate areas. First is the dry screening area. It will be <br />located near the mine face. This plant will consist of a 6 inches stationary grizzly, feeding a <br />vibratory screen deck. This screening cut will be 3 inches. The material will be removed from <br />the mine face and loaded onto a dump truck. The minus 3 inches will be trucked to the wash <br />plant. <br />At the wash plant the material will be conveyor feed to a hopper with spray bars. The material <br />will be slurried over a 16 inch wide by 8 foot long sluice to recover the course gold. The slurry <br />will be scrubbed in a trommel with a % inch screen, the minus % inch material will drop onto a 5 <br />foot wide and 30 foot wide sluice. The oversize will eject at the rear of the trommel and be <br />stored in the tailings area. The sluice will de -water on the ground in a shallow pond with a <br />French drain. This material will then be moved to the tailings area. <br />(n) The primary commodity to be recovered will be gold. Decorative rock will be the secondary <br />commodity. <br />(o) Large angular rocks will be used in the construction of a French drain between the dewatering <br />area and the pond. Minus % inch aggregate will be used on the haul road as needed. <br />(p) No explosives will be used at the mine. <br />