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Annual Report-Attachment <br /> CuXrier Gravel Pit <br /> M-1980-203 <br /> June 29, 2014 <br /> Mesa County, Colorado <br /> Permitted acreage is less than 10 acres. <br /> Transportation operations and stockpile removal did occur during the report year. <br /> No extraction or processing occurred during the report year. <br /> Reclamation activity has been performed on approximately 3 acres of land so far. <br /> Stockpile removal is expected for the next report year. <br /> Pit has bottomed out(further extraction uneconomic). <br /> This gravel pit is on intermittent status. Mining activity was less than 180 days during the report <br /> year. At the time the operation entered IS there was occasional extraction, crushing and <br /> stockpile removal. Historically, gravel demand for this remote location comes from Forest <br /> Service or Mesa County governments. Also, oil and gas companies need gravel for their well <br /> pads and access roads to their drill sites. The last crushing occurred in September 2008 in <br /> anticipation of this demand from oil and gas companies. In November of 2008 nearly all oil and <br /> gas activity ceased in this area resulting in a stockpile of gravel at the site. The decision has <br /> been made to close and reclaim the pit as soon as the existing stockpile is sold and removed. <br /> Operator does not believe there will be more than 180 days of activity in the coming report year. <br /> Future activity would only be trucking off stockpiled gravel. There was stockpile removal in the <br /> past year in December 2013. Acreage is depicted on the submitted map. Legal description on <br /> that map was in dispute with the BLM. A settlement agreement was signed with the BLM <br /> effective September 26, 2013. The BLM has agreed to sell their claimed land to us. This has not <br /> yet been accomplished. <br /> Weed spraying occurred during the report year. Pit location markers are located annually. There <br /> is no exposed groundwater at the pit. Further reclamation will proceed as soon as the remaining <br /> stockpile of gravel is sold and removed. <br /> Since 2009 the demand from oil and gas companies has been very low. As soon as stockpiled <br /> gravel can be sold and removed,reclamation will be completed. No further extraction or <br /> crushing will occur. <br />