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MINING PLAN EXHIBIT D (CONT) <br />will be set near the open face to reduce the haul distance from <br />the mine face. <br />This pit will be operated year- around by Walsenburg Sand and <br />Gravel, CO., weather permitting. There may be periods when the <br />demands for material are slow and no mining will take place at <br />which time the mine will become an Intermediate Operation. <br />Stockpiles of material will be maintained on the site and as the <br />need arises, it will be hauled to our project sites. This will <br />be a single stage operation, but the amount of disturbance will <br />be limited to 26.0 acres or less at any one time. This will <br />allow us to use approximately 11.0 acres as a processing <br />plant /stockpile area and approximately 15 acres for the active <br />mining area. As mining progresses around the property the bank <br />slopes will be mined or shaped to the required grades where they <br />are in their final location. If mining is not scheduled on <br />adjoining mines to facilitate removal of the side slopes they <br />will be stabilized and left for later mining. This will reduce <br />the amount of work that has to be done to reclaim the site. <br />Reclamation will begin once we have enough area for stockpiled <br />material and the section to be reclaimed will not have to be <br />disturbed again. <br />Review of MAP EXHIBIT C -1 shows how we expect the site to <br />look when mining is approximately 43% done. Note, the floor of <br />the excavation is flat and the exterior slopes into the mined <br />area are not graded in anticipation of them being removed in the <br />near future. There is adequate overburden that can be used to <br />backfill the exterior slopes if needed and if reclamation is <br />following Option 1. <br />This mine adjoins two other mines along the east and west <br />sides as noted previously. We are having discussions with the <br />mine operators to see if they are open to joining the floors of <br />the two mines in the future. If this is done each party would <br />mine to their respective property line until the floors meet. <br />This would reduce the amount of sloping work needed where the <br />mines meet by eliminating the ridgeline between the mines. We <br />have developed three reclamation sloping plans for this mine so <br />in the future we will only need to file a Technical Revision to <br />implement the changes. <br />Mining equipment may include but is not limited to, front - <br />end loaders, scrapers, bulldozers, dump trucks and a water truck. <br />10 <br />