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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Acres Tons Remarks <br /> <br />S.Platte River (North of <br />Denver <br /> <br />6,300 67,000,000 Mostly poor quality. <br />No market for excess <br />sand. <br />1,380 60,000,000 Good to excellent <br />gravel being rapidly <br />absorbed for housing <br />and other uses. Some <br />tracts .too small to <br />work. <br /> <br />Clear Creek <br /> <br />S. Platte River (South of <br />Denver <br /> <br />Waterton to Riverside Sub. <br /> <br />410 '28,000,000 Fair deposit 30% <br />gravel. Does not in- <br />clude large deposits <br />of bench gravel. <br /> <br />Riverside to Wolhurst <br /> <br />620 31,500,000 Fair quality. <br />35% gravel. <br /> <br />Wo1hurst to Be11eview Ave. <br /> <br />300 28,000,000 Fair to good. <br /> <br />Belleview to Denver city <br />limits <br /> <br />170 12,000,000 Fair to good. <br /> <br />Total South of Denver (1961) 1,500 99,500,000 <br /> <br />Another 18 million tons estimated for Bear Creek and Sand Creek. <br /> <br />Using past trends, the report projects production estimates <br />to 1980 as follows: <br /> <br /> <br /> Average Annual Total <br />Five-Year Period Production Production <br />1961-1965 6,800,000 tons 34,000,000 tons <br />1966-1970 8,600,000 tons 43,000,000 tons <br />1971-1975 10,500,000 tons 52,000,000 tons <br />1976-1980 12,500,000 tons 62.000.000 tons <br /> Total 191,000,000 tons <br /> <br />-2G- <br />