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2.0 Sand and Gravel Mine Plan <br />2.1 General Plan Gravel Mining <br />Prior to the 2003 Amendment, the gravel mining was limited to a 10 acre area shown on Map C-2, which <br />was part of the 110 operation M-2000-063. This operation is absorbed into the Alma Placer 112 permit <br />as a result of the April 2003 amendment. Gravel mining in the 110 permit consisted of excavating piles <br />of gravel that had been already washed by pre -law gold mining. The gravel was loaded into a portable <br />crushing plant, portable wash plant and portable screen plant for making various size materials for <br />sale on site. Products ranged from pit run gravel to various road base products, washed sand and boulders. <br />This operation was successful and more room is needed to continue operating. For this reason, the 2003 <br />Amendment allows a much larger area for sand and gravel mining and it is hoped that future activity will <br />also clean up old waste piles which have been an eyesore for many years north of the existing gold prep <br />plant. It is also likely that the gravel operation will remove all piles of waste gravel from the gold prep <br />plant for sale or for crushing and screening into other products. In the future, as gravel resources are <br />exhausted on the site in order to complete the approved reclamation plan, gravel sales may come from <br />the washed gravel from the gold plant, since this material must be moved from the stackers to keep the <br />operation running. <br />As of April 2003, it is expected that the area of the 110 permit will provide another 6 months of sand <br />and gravel mining. At that time, the facilities will move to the new main extraction area north of the gold <br />prep plant. This was done in 2004 and gravel mining has continued in that area since that time as part of <br />the combined 112 Permit. <br />The 3 plants (crushing, screening, washing) will then be located somewhere in the gravel mining area. <br />Since the plants are portable, they may be located at various locations within the gravel pit area. <br />Approximately 8-9 acres will be used for the plants as well as stockpile areas, in addition to the stockpiles <br />designated for the gold plant described in the previous section. <br />Although the plan on the following pages shows the potential use of an asphalt plant on site, the permittee <br />hereby states that no asphalt plant will be placed on site at any time without written per- mission from <br />Alma Place Mine 01/15 27 <br />