The Cleveland Mine Safeguard Project is located seven miles north of Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico. The project area (see Figures 1 and 2) is in the Pinos Altos Mining District on 53 acres of private land in Sections 35 and 36, Township 16 South, Range 14 West, and Sections 1 and 2, Township 17 South and Range 14 West (USGS 7.5’ Fort Bayard and Silver City Quadrangle).

This project involved the following work:

• Backfilling three mine shafts using mine waste and other nearby material

• Backfilling 11 mine adits using mine waste and other nearby material

• Collapsing three rock arches/adits

• Partially backfilling a stope complex to within 7’ of the top of the stope

• Construction of a bat gate, with a hinged door inside an adit

• Construction of a concrete wall with a metal grating over five shafts

• Construction of  a metal grating inside of one shaft

•  Construction of a CMP/PUF Plug at two shafts

• Construction of a PUF plug with rock cover at three shafts

• Construction of a PUF plug with a grouted rock face at one adit

• Seeing of all areas disturbed by construction.

You may link to the all Specifications and Maps below.

Cleveland Mine Safeguard Project:  Contract and Specifications
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