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ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2012 <br />TODAY'S DATE: MAY 24 2013 <br />PERMIT TEE; WESTLEY POTTS. <br />CONTACT: JAMES POTTS. <br />41375 COUNTY ROAD H <br />MANCOS CO 81328 <br />OPERATION NAME <br />ANNIVERSARY DATE. <br />TWIN CANYON MINE <br />JUNE 2001 <br />WORK AT MINE FOR 2012 CONSISTED OF DRILLING OF ORE IN THE WEST <br />WALL OF THE CHARLENE TUNNEL IN A PATTERN THAT COULD BE <br />BLASTED OUT AT A LATTER DATE. HOLES ARE SAMPLED AS THEY ARE <br />DRILLED BY PANNING. I PLAN TO CONTINUE DRILLING THIS ORE RUNNING <br />PARALLEL TO THE TUNNEL. LAST SUMMER. LACK OF TIME PREVENTED <br />ME FROM ME DOING ANY DEEPER CORE DRILLING. I HOPE TO DO THAT <br />THIS SUMMER. THERE WAS NO NEW SURFACE DISTURBANCE AT MINE SITE <br />EXCEPT FOR REMOVING ABOUT FIFTEEN TONS OF STOCK PILED ORE BY <br />HAULING IN MY PICKUP TRUCK ON RETURN TRIPS. ALL OTHER WORK WAS <br />DONE UNDER GROUND. AT THE MILL SITE AT THE RANCH I HAVE SET UP <br />SET UP A FIVE YARD CEMENT MIXER USED AS A BALL MILL TO CRUSH ORE <br />THIS IS DONE IN BATCHES OF TWO TO THREE TONS AT A TIME AND RUN <br />OVER A SLUICE BOX. SOME ORE WAS RUN LAST SUMMER BUT LACK OF <br />WATER NORMALLY USED FOR AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION <br />WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY AND PREVENTED ME FROM WASHING MUCH ORE. <br />THIS SITUATION IS WORSE THIS YEAR. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING ALL MY <br />WATER TO AG USE AS I EXPECT TO HAVE WATER ONLY A WEEK OR TWO <br />MORE. <br />WEEDS ARE BEING CONTROLLED AS NECESSARY AT BOTH SITES BY SPOT <br />SPRAYING WITH A HAND SPRAYER. USUALLY CONSISTING OF CANADIAN <br />THISTLE AND MUSK THISTLE. <br />SINCERELY JAMES POTTS <br />