Granite Watershed Mining EIS - Proposed Action. (Umatilla NF and Wallowa-Whitman NF)

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1 Granite Watershed Mining EIS - Action (Umatilla NF and Wallowa-Whitman NF) Altona Belvedear Group Blue Sky/Bull Run Buffalo Group /lode / T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 03 Quartz Gulch- T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 35 T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 02 Olive Creek- T. 09 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 13 T. 09 S.- R. 36 E. Sec 18,19 Bull Run Creek- T. 08 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 14 Chipman Creek Water use/source Equipment Activities / Access Washing plant/ adit 4cfs:80gpm / Olive Creek water right 150 gpm /Existing settling Ponds gpm /Adit on NFS; well on private land. Backhoe, dump truck Trailer mounted drill rig washing plant hand tools, backhoe, dozer, dump truck, highbankers, pump, trommel, compressor. Backhoe, trommel, pump, atv s dump-bed trailer, had tools. backhoe, excavator, dozer, dump truck, crusher, compressor, mucker, pumps,and water filtration plant Action: Exploration and smallscale processing including blasting; surface drilling trenching; crushing; Access: Existing FS roads, reconstruct and maintain 1.6 miles of an overgrown skidtrail/road for access. Action: Exploration, will process with trommel, later expand to mining 1/4 acre parcels. Action: exploration of revegetated sites within old dredge tailings Access: Existing FS roads, and construct new road across creek for access. Action: Continued mining of old tailing dumps, and underground adits. Filtration of adit water. Milling and processing are done on private land. Use of existing Access: Existing FS and private roads. 1

2 Bunch Bucket City Limits East Ten Cent Eddy Shipman & Grubstake Hopeful 1 /lode T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 22 Clear Creek- T. 09 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 04 (2 acres) T. 08 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 28 East Ten Cent Creek- (2 acres) T. 08 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 23 T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 13 Clear Creek- T. 08 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 29 Granite Creek (2 acres) Water use/source Equipment Activities / Access Unspecified/ miner created ponds gpm / Old dredge ponds in tailings area. Unspecified / miner created pond gpm / well water from Buffalo Mine and Chipman Gulch unspecified/existing miner created pond. Sluice box/ existing dredge pond 2 Crawler-loader with backhoe attachement, Trommel, washplant. bobcat or backhoe, wash plant, sluices, highbankers, pumps, hand tool Trommel, Backhoe, Highbanker, Dredge, pumps, Generator, ATV s hand tools, mucker, backhoe, pumps, compressor, dump truck Backhoe or excavator, trommel or shaker, pumps, sluices, hand tools, and generator. Trommel (12 x5 drum), sluice, pickup, small backhoe, pumps, generator, RV trailer. Action: exploration done by trenching the area. (@ 600yards per year) Access: Existing FS roads and Identified side roads. Action: exploration, sluice or wash plant; processing at dredge ponds.(@3-5 yards per day) Action: exploration along the west side of the creek and use of existing Access: Existing FS roads and existing miner created road. Action: lode exploration and mining (W-WNF only); milling using an arrastra at one site. Use of existing Access: Existing FS roads, the old County road and abandon New York Mine road. Action: test excavations, small scale processing; Access: Existing FS roads, existing miner-created road, bridge and fords and testing of the high bank area along the old dredge tailings and use of existing structures (@2 yards per year) Access: Existing FS road( closed)

3 Hopeful 2&3 L&H Lightning Creek Little Cross 1 Lucky Strike & /lode / /Mill T. 08 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 28 T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 10,11 Olive Creek- (8 acres) T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 28,33 Lightning Creek- T. 09 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 04 (1 acre) T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 03 Pete Man Ditch & Lightning Creek- (3 acres) Water use/source Equipment Activities / Access Unspecified / miner and an unnamed tributary. 60 gpm/ Adit snow, runoff to miner created ponds. 100 gpm /Existing Water right to the creek, miner created ponds. Unspecified / miner created pond. Unspecified/spring Backhoe or cat, pickup, grader, dump truck, hand tools, water filtration building. Backhoe, wash plant, pickups, pumps, hand tools.. Backhoe, excavator, dump trucks, washing plant, Trommel, Generator, pumps, hand tools. Backhoe, High banker, hand tools Backhoe, generator, rotohamer, chainsaw, Handtools, pickup Action: mining on the North and south sides of the creek. Use of existing buildings (300 yards per year) Access: Existing FS road ( closed), existing miner - constructed road, and two fords. Action: test excavations; pond construction; small scale processing; re-open existing adits for testing. Use of existing tool shed. Access: Existing FS roads Action: testing and mining of the highbanks on the south side of the creek. Use of existing (Occasionally working yards per day) Access: Existing FS road ( closed), existing miner-created bridge, Ford. Action: Small scale placer testing on the north and south side of Granite creek. Access: Existing FS road and Identified roads.(big Game closure south of Granite Crk.) Action: Small scale placer testing and reclamation of existing adits and shafts. Use of existing Access: Existing FS road( open) 3

4 Magnolia Make it Muffin Old Eric 1&2 Olive Tone /lode T. 08 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec22 Lucas Gulch- (1 acre) T. 08 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 27 3 acres T. 09 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 34 Last Chance Gulch- T. 09 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 04 (1 acre) T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 02 Olive Creek- Water use/source Equipment Activities / Access Adit 100 gpm / Granite Creek side channel pond. Not specified / Dammed pond on Last Chance Ck. Not specified / Surface collection 4cfs:80gpm / Olive Creek water right Backhoe, small cat, dump truck, loader, compressor, chain saw, hand tools hand tools, gold spinner, backhoe, trommel, pump Backhoe, wash plant, Trommel, Handtools, Dumptruck Backhoe Sluice, handtools, camptrailer Backhoe, Trommel, wash plant, generator, pump, camptrailer Action: Assessment and hand work in the adit. Maintenance of the settling ponds, adit and access road. Action: exploration, mining, and processing (15-20 yards per year) unnumbered existing road on east side of creek.. testing, processing, pond maintenance. (@ 10 yards per year) miner created roads around the pond. and testing of the high bank area along granite creek. (@2 yards per year) old mining road into Ruby Mine Action: exploration of the highbank areas along Olive Creek. Access: Existing FS roads, ford and temporary bridge over Olive Creek. 4

5 Rabbit Group (New Owner) Republican Comeback 10& 11 Rose Bud 1-4 Royal White Group Ruby Group /lode / T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 10 Olive Creek T. 08 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 30 T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 01 T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 03 Pete Man Ditch & Irish Gulch and Olive Creek T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 16,22 Ruby Creek/Lightning Creek- Water use/source Equipment Activities / Access gpm / Rabbit shaft, & snowmelt. Not specified / existing miner Not specified / Old dredging ponds 100 gpm / adit, snow melt, spring, storage reservoir, hauled from off site Not specified Hand tools, compressor, crusher, wash plant, pumps. Hand tools, atv s dredge, Sluice box. Backhoe, trammel, water pump, gold spinner, and 3yard dump truck Backhoe/bobcat, dozer, dump truck, ball mill, crusher, compressor, mucker, pumps, timber saw. Backhoe, Trommel, pumps, generator, handtools, pickup. Action: underground mining, mine dump and placer excavations; process on site, settling ponds Access: Existing FS roads Action: mine the previously mined area on the north side of the creek and use of the existing structure. Access: Existing ( closed) FS road and testing of the high bank area along the old dredge ponds. (@2 yards per year) Access: Existing FS roads, and powerline access road. Action: Underground mining, processing at mill, and use of existing ( Up to 5 tons will be crushed and milled per day) Access: Existing FS and private roads. Action: Exploration of the bank area along Ruby creek and use of the existing old mining road into Ruby Mine. 5

6 Sunshine Group Tetra Group NOTE:, Road and Mill to be in one Plan of Operations. to be pulled out as separate Plan. /lode and, placer, lode and Mill T. 10 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 02 -McWillis Gulch T. 08 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 25,34 and 35 Last Chance & Boulder Ck. Water use/source Equipment Activities / Access Not specified /existing miner 150 gpm / Boulder and Last Chance Creek. Backhoe, trommel Dozer, excavator, Loader dump truck, drills, air compressor, pumps, jaw & vibrator crusher, Chain saws, generator, trommel, welder, conveyors and final recovery. Action: Exploration placer and underground testing of the area. Continued use of existing Access: Existing FS 600 ft of miner created road and bridge. Action: Milling and processing of surface, and underground material. Surface material will be placer mined through test trenches and up to ½ acre areas partitions.. (They may add a new adit to the Plan) No storage or excavation of tailings. Use of existing equipment Reconstruct and maintain 1.4 miles of overgrown road for additional access and plan to use three fords in Boulder Creek. mile of new road. Troy D T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 01 Unspecified/Miner in old dredging. Backhoe or excavator, Trommel, Dump truck, Wash plant, Cat, generator, Travel trailer. Action: testing and processing, water filtration plant. (50 yards per day) Extraction of minerals on private land. Access: Existing County road 6

7 Yellow Gold Yellow Jacket /lode FS = Forest Service CK = Creek gpm = Gallons per minute Umatilla National Forest Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Ft - Feet T. 08 S.- R. 35½ E. Sec 27,34 Last Chance Creek- T. 09 S.- R. 35 E. Sec 27,34 Orofino Gulch Water use/source Equipment Activities / Access 15 gpm for High banker and 80 gpm for Trommel. / Damed Last Chance Ck. Reservoir. 60 gpm / adit on adjacent private land. Spring on FS land. Backhoe, Dozer, Loader, dump truck, Wash plant, highbankers, sluices, pumps, trommel. Backhoe, dozer dump truck, trommel, pump, compressor, hand tools Action: testing, and mining up to 1/2 acre at a time in the highbar areas along the creek. Processing at ponds. Reconstruct and maintain 1.6 miles of an old overgrown road. Construct 0.1 miles of new road. Action: exploration, later expand to mining ¼ acre parcels; lode and processing activities on private land Access: FS, private roads and non-system roads into claim area. 7

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