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As the operation proceeds, fines from the processing plant will be used to provide a substitute topsoil on <br />all previously disturbed and unreclaimed areas. This amount will be an average 4.5". When virgin areas <br />are mined, all topsoil will be stripped and either immediately replaced on the previous cuts in reclamation <br />or will be stored in topsoil stockpiles which will be immediately stabilized with vegetation and will later <br />be used in reclamation of the site. <br />At the end of the mining life, the following equipment will be dismantled and hauled off site: <br />• all fuel tanks <br />• west portion of shop/office building <br />• piping, portable conveyors, pumps, etc. <br />• camp trailers <br />• portable plants <br />• pump house <br />The power poles will remain for the post -mining land use. The smoothing of the final cut lake, the <br />sediment pond area and the processing area will then take place, and all remaining disturbed areas will <br />be topsoiled. <br />It is expected that the following acreage will require smoothing at the end of the mine life: <br />• 8.5 acres of processing area (Assume 15,000 cy) <br />• 5.5 acres around final pit lake (Assume 26,000 cy) <br />• 1.5 acres miscellaneous disturbance in tank storage area, etc. (Assume 4,000 cy) <br />• 2.5 acres around Pond #2 area and fill Pond #2 (5,800 cy) <br />• 600 linear feet of 8' high berm along Highway 9, spread over 2.0 acres, (2,840 cy) <br />Total area to be smoothed or graded: 20.0 acres. The total volume to be moved in smoothing (grading) <br />is 53,640 cy. <br />It is expected that all of the area smoothed will be topsoiled in addition to the camp area of 3.4 acres, <br />therefore, the total to be topsoiled is 23.4 acres. This acreage is also the total to be seeded and mulched <br />at the end of the mine life. <br />The spreading of fines will occur from the existing fines piles, located near the processing plant area. A <br />Alma Place Mine 01/15 44 <br />