Restoration of Consumed Mines. Twin Lakes has met its legal obligation by filling the consumed mines and putting enough rejected ore or rock in place to decrease the likelihood of erosion. However, the laws the company has followed were obviously designed to minimally
restore the health of land typically located in remote places, not in the middle of a tourist area. You justifiably think the consumed mines, which are alongside busy tourist roads, are an eyesore that place Tamarack at an obvious disadvantage compared to neighboring tourist cities. You would like
to see Twin Lakes, as an upstanding member of the community, obey the spirit as well as the letter
of the law, and restore the old mines in an aesthetically agreeable manner. It is not your
responsibility to restore land that was naturally beautiful before Twin Lakes started mining it. There are two further levels of restoration above the current level ("legal restoration") that are typically discussed. Partial restoration refers to planting enough vegetation to further reduce the risk of erosion and to make the land blend in more naturally with the rest of the surrounding country. In the mining industry, this is sometimes referred to as "descarring" the land. Full restoration, as the name implies, refers to planting enough vegetation to bring the land back to very near its pre-mining state. There are several consumed mines in question, some of which run along main roads, while others are further back in the country. Restoring the mines near the main roads
is of primary importance right now. The other mines, however, also need to be restored because resort developers are always looking for new areas to develop, and a remote location could turn into a new resort area if it is attractive to a developer. The options for restoration by the company and the associated point values are given below: