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 involves 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.

The Contractor shall leave project areas in as good or better condition than before disturbance.

The Engineer's Estimate for this project is $275,000.

You may link to the all Specifications and Maps below.

Cleveland Mine Safeguard Project:  Contract and Specifications
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Sealed bid opening: NM STATE PURCHASING DIVISION ITB No. 30-521-13-05547 DATE: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Low Bidder's List (to be added later)		MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE DATE: Friday, March 27, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. PRE-BID ATTENDANCE LIST

BID DOCUMENT - Please follow instructions below: 1. Please READ all information in project manual before submitting a bid. 2. Upon entering all your data into form do a "SAVE AS" and save into your computer if you wish to save document. 3. To print click on the FILE tab then arrow down to PRINT. 4. Sign form and mail to: General Services Department Purchasing Division P.O. Box 6850 Santa Fe, NM 87502 (505) 827-0472

NOTE: Administrative questions and/or comments contact: Mike Tompson @ 505.476.3427 or e-mail Technical questions and/or comments contact: Mike Tompson @ 505.476.3427 or e-mail

Year Completed: Cost: $ Project Engineer: John Guranich P.E./John Kretzmann, P.E. Project Manager: Randall Armijo

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