2014-02-24_PERMIT FILE - M2014009

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Exhibit D — Mining Plan This mining permit is for a gravel pit on three 40 acre parcels totaling 119.51 acres of land owned by Jennifer Widhalm, Patricia Ellis, and Bill and Janet Martin. Delta County has a contract to purchase the property when all mining permits have been obtained. The property is situated about 1.5 miles east of the town of Orchard City - Eckert, Colorado. The permitted acreage will be approximately 92.31 acres. No disturbance will occur outside the permitted acres. The central part of the property contains approximately 27 acres of mesa top that is an irrigated field that slopes gently to the northwest away from North Road. The gravel to be mined lies under this 27 acre field. The north, west and east sides of this field are steep banks that drop approximately twenty five feet to a flat bench that was created when the property was previously mined. We believe that Delta County may have been the previous operator, but it was likely before the 1976 Mining Law and we can find no record of it. This bench contains approximately 20 acres and will be used as a processing and stockpiling area. Beyond the bench, the terrain slopes steeply down to an abandoned irrigation ditch that serves as the northwest boundary of the permit. This slope is covered with sage and other low brush and will not be disturbed by this operation. It is included in the permit boundary in the event of an incidental spill of material from the bench area. The bench area has little vegetation except weeds and a few trees that sprouted since mining last ended. These include a couple cottonwood trees and several elm and tamarisk. There is a large set of old wooden corrals for working cattle on this bench that will be removed prior to mining. The steep slopes around the field that were left from previous mining have numerous elm and tamarisk. The irrigated field to be mined has not been cultivated in 4 or 5 years and has become overgrown with Russian Knapweed. The 27 acre field to be mined is the remains of the edge of the mesa that has 6 to 12 inches of loam and clay loam topsoil over 2 to 4 feet of gravelly loam overburden. Beneath the overburden is 15 to 25 feet of glacially deposited gravel on top of the Mancos Shale formation. The bench area is on the Mancos shale with a layer of gravelly overburden. Access is from North Road onto the west end of the bench. Due to poor sight distance down the hill to the west of this entrance, the access will be moved to near the east end of the irrigated field where North Road begins a turn south. Operations will begin by building the access road along the east side of the field and the east facing slope down to the bench. A County Access Permit will be obtained before construction begins. The new road will remain in place for use of the land owners after mining and reclamation of the site is complete. Delta County intends to spray the property to control the Knapweed before commencement of normal mining operations. A weed management plan will be approved by the County Weed Manager before operations begin. Mining will begin by stripping topsoil and overburden from the surface of approximately 4 acres on the west end of the field. Topsoil will be stockpiled in a berm approximately 30 feet wide by 8 feet high along North Road as a sight barrier. Excess topsoil and overburden will be stockpiled on the bench to the west and north. Topsoil stockpiles that are not to be disturbed for more than a year will be broadcast with dry land pasture mix to prevent erosion. A 20 to 40 foot buffer zone of un -mined land will be maintained along the south boundary of the pit along North Road to allow access for building the berm and reclamation operations. Scrapers, front -end loaders and possibly a dozer will be used for this work. Excavation of gravel will be done with excavators, front -end loaders and possibly a dozer. As material is removed, the operator will cut slopes to the final 3:1 h:v slope along this south boundary. NRoad Pit 2014