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SMOAM STONEQ NCof-'- <br />(719) 275-4275 • 315 N. 7th Street 0 Canon City, CO 81212 <br />March 14, 2011 <br />Mr. Tony Waldron <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street Suite 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 <br />Dear Mr. Waldron: <br />Re: Annual Report, Annual Date 3/16/11 <br />Bedrock Mine #1, MLR No. M-1997-086,` <br />MAR 17 2011 <br />Divfsion ota d l aery n, ? <br />Mining <br />The current bond amount is $88,170.00, the permitted area is <br />329.69 acres ± and the pit has two mining phases. This pit HAS NOT <br />been granted a Temporary Cessation and it HAS operated more than 180 <br />days this year. There has been no mining within 200 feet of the Peck <br />Creek tributary canyon as required. The Annual Report Map is an <br />excerpt from the application map showing the southeast portion of the <br />mine where mining activities are taking place at this time. In June <br />2009 the bond was reviewed and recalculated. As a reminder within <br />the permit area for this mine are 2 other mines, The Pinon Mine, M- <br />1997-094 (6.26 ac t) and the Siloam Pit, M-1977-326 (9.99 ac ±) with <br />separate bonds. <br />We will deal specifically with each of the Annual Report <br />questions as required in Rule 1.15 of the Rules and Regulations and <br />the Annual Notice Letter. <br />(1) The slab mining was increased this year by 1.11 acres in the <br />north central part of the disturbed area into the area used as <br />Temporary stone storage Areas (TSSA's) (orange). The TSSA <br />area decreased by 1.11 acres t• The stone yard and topsoil <br />piles remain unchanged from last year. We continue to use the <br />grizzlies setup in 2002 for processing stone in the Stone Yard. <br />The following table shows the status of the mine area, in <br />acres, disturbed at the mine: <br />DISTURBANCE (NEEDING RECLMA- <br />TION) STAGE 1 <br />ac. t ALLOWED BY <br />BOND ac. t <br />Slab stone mining (orange) 11.11 25.00 <br />Reclaimed, seeded (green) 4.33 NA <br />Topsoil stockpiles (tan) 2.54 NA <br />Temporary Stone Storage Area (111) 26.70 35.00 <br />Stone Yard 13.55"` 13.55' <br />Total disturbance 44.68 60.00 <br />x - historic Industrial use area - no reclamation required <br />NF * R ?8' <br />email: info@siloamstone.com website: www.siloamstone.com