Jurisdiction: Abandoned Mine Lands
1996 Completed Projects Archive
Haynes Phase 2 Project
The Haynes Phase 2 AML Site is located approximately 3 miles north and 1 mile west of Haynes, North Dakota. The project site is within Section 6, T129N, R94W in Adams County (see map) (93kb pdf). The 40 acre underground and strip mine is located within 300 feet of an occupied farmstead(see map) (61kb pdf). The strip mine's 2800 foot highwall can be seen as the as the dark areas on this topographic map (212kb pdf). Reclamation work on this site started on May 20, 1996. Project Manager for this project was Mark Knell. The contractor (Wilson Construction, Inc.) moved approximately 92,000 cubic yards of soil to eliminate the hazardous highwalls (88kb pdf) from a 14-acre area.
Over 2,000 feet of level terraces (53kb pdf) were constructed to control water and prevent erosional problems. Dirt work at the Haynes AML site was completed on June 13, 1996. The site was fertilized, seeded and mulched on June 24 through 26, 1996. See post-reclamation photo (64kb pdf). The project inspector was Ken Tokach. The project was completed for $51,000. A total of 5030 feet of trees were planted on the site in 1997.
