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through any stream or spring flows. Culvert(s) installation may be necessary to insure <br />that mining equipment does not operate in wet ground conditions. <br />Schedule for Gravel Extraction - -- Howard Creek Pit #1 and 42 <br />At app. 30000 /year usage; it is estimated that the first parcel will be mined out over six <br />years. During the first and possibly second year of operations, materials sourced and <br />processed from #1 pit may be stockpiled at 42 pit site. After the second year of <br />extraction operations, there will be ample room for stockpiling of processed materials <br />within the mined out area of the same pit. Conversely, the 9,2 pit mining will begin <br />several years after 41 and may entail stockpiling of processed #2 pit material in the #1 pit <br />area, especially in the first year of gravel extraction from #2 pit. #2 pit area tnay contain <br />as much as 100,000 tons of gravel. Depending on county usage, the second pit may <br />produce gravel materials for 3 -4 years. The total life term of the Howard Creek pit, given <br />a 30000 tons /year usage is approximately 10 years. <br />During the life of mine, very little new road building is anticipated other than access from <br />the face to process equipment and stockpile area. Only roads currently present on the site <br />will be left at the end of mining. The product Ioad out area will be located at close as <br />reasonably possible to the entrance to pit #1 at the intersection of Canterbury Ranch Road <br />and Howard Creek. Existing roads may be widened a few feet from their current 12' <br />width to facilitate safe transport of gravel from pit #1 to pit 42. However, the roads will <br />remain open and accessible to the landowner at all times. <br />There are no plans for buildings or permanent structures within the affected land <br />boundaries. As mentioned earlier, temporary sediment ponds may constructed within the <br />affected land boundaries in the event that springs or wet areas are encountered during <br />mining of the old waste dumps. The current mine plan does not anticipate the need for <br />drilling or blasting operations. <br />