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MINING PLAN EXHIBIT C <br />6.3.3 - We anticipate the life of this mine to be for the <br />length of the contract, starting in October, 2013 and running <br />thru the completion of the contract or extension for a minimum of <br />180+ working days. The contract was signed October 9, 2013 and <br />stripping from this borrow area begin on October 30, 2013. The <br />primary material to be removed from the site is a quarry stone <br />varying in size from riprap to crushed specification aggregates. <br />Much of the material is being used to rebuild roadways washed <br />away by the September floods on the Big Thompson and the St. <br />Vrain rivers between Estes Park and the canyon mouth. <br />No secondary material will be mined nor are there any <br />incidental products that will be created. Blasting is used to <br />fracture the rock at this mine. A copy of the blasting plan is <br />included in the Appendix. <br />The site is currently used by the landowners for equipment <br />parking and mountain rangeland. Of the 3.0 acre ± in the permit <br />area, approximately 2.56 acre ± will be used as mining or load <br />out area and 0.44 acres will be setbacks or access roads. Some <br />of this area is part of the old mine (1.30 ac. ±). The material <br />is a granite deposit usable for use as bank armoring, course fill <br />and specification aggregates needed on the CDOT project area. <br />Mining will begin on the south west side next to the road <br />and work to the north until the project needs are met. We will <br />be mining into the hillside so the mine floor will be level with <br />the road surface on the south. It will begin by first clearing <br />the land and stripping vegetation from the area to be mined. It <br />will then be drilled for blasting. No topsoil will be salvaged <br />as very little exists and is a decomposed granite that has no <br />real soil value. The site will be mined in the direction shown <br />on the mining plan map. <br />We will extend the existing floor into the newly mined <br />areas. Where mining ends the working face will be left near <br />vertical creating an amphitheater like area with a level floor. <br />The rock being mined is so dense that it can be left vertical and <br />be stable as is common in other quarry operations. When mining <br />ends the floor will be graded and shaped so we can resume using <br />it to park equipment. No resoiling or revegetation will be done. <br />