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99~ ini~~ OF COLORADO <br />Roy Romer, Govei <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />FRED R. BANTA, Director <br />DATE: July 25, 1y39 <br />T0: Cathy Begej <br />FRUM: Tim King i~ <br />RE: Bourg Topsoil Deptn <br />The two reclaimed areas at the Bourg Mine were tested for topsoil replacement <br />using a bucket auger on July 14, 1989. The soil appeared to oe of good <br />quality, moist, and supporting first year vegetation qutite well. Only two <br />holes snowed less than adequate deptn. One of these holes was actually off of <br />the mined area. The earlier reclaimed area will oe called area 1 for the <br />purpose of this memo. The most recent will oe called area 2. <br />The average depth for each area is snown below along witn minimum and maximum <br />depths. <br />Idaximum Minimum Average Number of Holes <br />Area I l7 12 14 9 <br />Area 2 32 11* 18.05 19 <br />*Indicates less than minimum required topsoil replacement depth of l2 inches. <br />T</yjb <br />8314E <br />215 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 Tel. (303) 866-3567 <br />