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RECTIVED 2014 <br />Annual Report <br />JAN 15 2015 Mott Gravel Pit <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />MINING AND SAFETY M- 1980 -049 <br />The only activity in the pit during 2014 was the sale and/or removal of material that was mined <br />and crushed during 2011. About 95% of the 10,000 ton crushed for Montrose County in 2011 <br />has been removed. About 90% of the 10,000 ton crushed for us in 2011 has been sold or used on <br />our ranch and removed. <br />We do not expect to crush more material in 2015 due to the low level of sales. <br />Weed Control: <br />Knapweed has been found on the northeast corner of the Permit Area in prior years and treated <br />with Curtail early in the summer and in the late fall. The plant was not found in the Permit Area <br />in 2014. We will continue to look for it. <br />Whitetop — We first became sensitive to this being a problem plant in about 2011 when we began <br />treating it with Telar in the early summer when it is in the early bloom stage. The primary <br />concentration of the plant was in the non - irrigated and marginally- irrigated part of our ranch <br />between Muddy and Doug creeks north and west of Clear Fork Road. The mining Permit Area is <br />not in the described problem area. <br />We noticed a number of whitetop plants in the Permit Area in 2014. There were no large <br />concentrations of plants anywhere, but singles or a small number here and there, especially in <br />areas that had been recently disturbed. <br />We inspected the Permit Area three times during the early summer of 2014 and treated all <br />whitetop plants found with Escort. <br />We expect whitetop will continue to be a problem. We will continue to look for it several times <br />during the early summer and spray it whenever it is found. <br />