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Pennsylvania Mine

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View of Level F from Level C<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5976666666667<br />Longitude: -105.8115<br />Tags: McComb
Level F workings 1<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.6001666666667<br />Longitude: -105.81<br />Tags: McComb
Level F workings.<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.6001666666667<br />Longitude: -105.809166666667<br />Tags: McComb
Level F workings 3 <br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5996666666667<br />Longitude: -105.809333333333<br />Tags: McComb
Level F portal<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5996666666667<br />Longitude: -105.809166666667<br />Tags: McComb
Level F water management 1<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5996666666667<br />Longitude: -105.809166666667<br />Tags: McComb
Level F water management 2<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.6001666666667<br />Longitude: -105.809<br />Tags: McComb
Level F water management 3<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.6003333333333<br />Longitude: -105.809333333333<br />Tags: McComb
Level F sediment ponds<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.6001666666667<br />Longitude: -105.809166666667<br />Tags: McComb
Level C workings 2<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5976666666667<br />Longitude: -105.8115<br />Tags: McComb
Level C workings 1<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5975<br />Longitude: -105.812<br />Tags: McComb
Level C portal<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5976666666667<br />Longitude: -105.8115<br />Tags: McComb
Landslide path<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: McComb
Landslide looking up from road<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.603<br />Longitude: -105.810666666667<br />Tags: McComb
Landslide looking down from road<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.603<br />Longitude: -105.810666666667<br />Tags: McComb
Landslide looking up from creek<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.6026666666667<br />Longitude: -105.8105<br />Tags: McComb
Landslide from cleared road<br />Date Taken: 7/23/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.603<br />Longitude: -105.810666666667<br />Tags: McComb
Sign at the beginning of Peru Creek Road.<br />Date Taken: 8/3/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5923333333333<br />Longitude: -105.871<br />Tags: EPA
Improving the access road.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5986666666667<br />Longitude: -105.83<br />Tags: EPA
Treatment pond just outside the level F portal.<br />Date Taken: 8/17/2013<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 39.5998333333333<br />Longitude: -105.809<br />Tags: EPA

View of Level F from Level C Level F workings 1 Level F workings. Level F workings 3 Level F portal Level F water management 1 Level F water management 2 Level F water management 3 Level F sediment ponds Level C workings 2 Level C workings 1 Level C portal Landslide path Landslide looking up from road Landslide looking down from road Landslide looking up from creek Landslide from cleared road Sign at the beginning of Peru Creek Road. Improving the access road. Treatment pond just outside the level F portal. Viper station configured for pH. Site preparation outside the level F portal. Map of site preparation features. Treatment Settling Ponds 1 ,2, and 3 Penn Mine Level F Site Grading Large Rip Rap Added to Treatment Ponds Site Grading Progress -Regrading Tailings Pile and Removal of Building Site Grading Progress -Regrading Tailings Pile and Removal of Building Overflow Pond Graded in Below Portal on C Level Pond 3 with Rip Rap Barrier Pond 2 with Rip Rap Barrier Pond 1 Regraded with Rip Rap Barirer and Soil Benching Treatment Pond Outside of Portal at Level C Portal at C Level Mucking Progress 10/3/2013 Level C Entrance Area Regrading and Sloping Level C Entrance Area Regrading and Sloping Level C Entrance Area Regrading and Sloping Placing Bridge Abutment for Peru Creek Crossing Improvement Southern Abutment Back Fiilling for Peru Creek Crossing Improvements New Peru Creek Crossing Bridge New Peru Creek Crossing Bridge Forced Air Setup for Mine Entry Penn Mine C Level Adit Entrance Penn Mine C Level Adit Mucking and Access Progress Treatment Pond and System Setup Oct 22, 2013 Site Grading Oct 2013 Ponds 1, 2, 3 on Oct 22, 2013 Tailings Pile Regrading Oct 2013 Rerouting Penn Mine Effluent Stream for Peru Creek Crossing Penn Mine Effluent Stream Rerouted for Peru Creek Crossing Road to site has a Road Closure as of 7/16/14 due to a washout. Mine Portal Conditions on 7/14/2014 Filtering Water Samples for Metals, Peru Creek Sampling Event July 2014. Inspecting the bulkhead shortly after pouring Preparing the pipeline to pour the bulkhead Pumping crews at the portal to Penn Mine Multiple loads of cement are needed to create the bulkhead at Penn Mine Jeff Davis, DRMS, confers with work crews prior to the bulkhead construction Solar panels supplies much of the power needs for on-site work. The pumper truck arrives at Penn Mine. The pumper truck starts to expand the lines in preparation for cement trucks that arrived shortly thereafter. The portal at Penn Mine. The pumper truck's lines formed a high arch. The portal at Penn Mine. Local miners with years of experience were used in construction at the Site. Penn Mine's mill north of the portal Heavy equipment above the F adit is being used to stabilize the hillside and to an on-site repository. Completed bulkhead from the air side of the adit. Cribbing in the Penn Mine at a side cut that followed the ore body in the stopes. The jackleg, a pneumatic drill used for hardrock drilling, Upon completion of the bulkhead, lines were cleared of the leftover cement using a AMD treatment ponds below the portal at Penn Mine. During construction, phone communications were critical to keep in touch with workers 600-feet inside the C adit.