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ATTACHMENT 2. EXHIBIT C. MINING PLAN Original Plan in standard case with additions (including clarification and explanation) underlined and deletions struck though: Numbering standardized. Minor spelling errors not called out. 1) Vegetation will be cut and used as firewood and fence posts. Referring to vegetation of suitable size for such use: other vegetation was gathered, burned or mulched. No further significant removal of vegetation from the permit area is anticipated after 2015. 2) Overburden will be stripped and used in reclamation after mining is complete. See Exhibit E for more detailed information. Original soil and overburden material originally removed (primarily Falfa clay loam surficial materials derived from loess) is stored or has been replaced by soil brought on to site to be used for reclamation. Overburden, including soil, has been six feet or less in thickness, during the period 1985 to 2016. 3) Mining will begin at present site (Point A on map), and proceed south and east. Mining was done in the northwest corner of the site and has proceeded to the south and east, as planned. A more detailed plan for continuing to mine to the limits of the permit (including areas not to be mined, near the permit boundaries) is now provided as Attachment 1 to this exhibit. Although mining originally involved the entire face of the deposit being mined (cobbly, glacial outwash and/or alluvium, NRCS Sedillo ravelly loam, and material underlaying the Falfa clay loam, plus areas identified as NRCS Rock outcrop), future mining will focus on mining from the original top of the deposit and mesa down, in lots (blocks). 4) A crusher and screen will be used, with a crawler tractor or loader feeding crusher. Front-end loaders (wheeled or tracked) will excavate material and move to crushing and screening train, located on the now-open working floor of the pit. Pit-run material may also be pushed down to the floor, or loaded directly into trucks for haul off-pit. 5) Reclamation will be done on side slopes with range grasses and native trees. Flattened area will be graveled and used as a commercial site. See Exhibits D & E for more detailed information. Pit floor will not be vegetated at end of mininq. Portions of the site (inside and outside the permit boundary) are presently being used for other, non- mining activities, including but not limited to storage of scrap metal and tires, construction materials (non-minerals), equipment not related to mining, and reclaimed materials to be processed and used for construction (such as concrete and asphalt rubble (assumed to be articles although constructed using construction minerals), excavated soil and overburden from other locations. This auxiliary use has been done since before the beginning of mining in 1985 (on the original surface and then on lower levels as mining progressed), and will continue after mining is completed, as post-reclamation use. 6) Existing road will be used. The access road existed in 1985 before mining began, and is a permanent feature, located outside the affected land (permit boundary) and extending into the permit boundary and the commercial site. Additional access roads at the same elevation as mining and on the original surface of the mesa for non- mining activities are also used to support mining and reclamation, and will remain in place after mining is completed. 7) The existing scale, scalehouse, and outbuildings immediately west of the affected area, on the existing road, will continue to be used to support both non-mining and mining activities, and will remain after reclamation. Other activities include but are not limited to receipt and shipping of scrap, recyclable/recycled materials and products, Technical Revision to M1985-001 J&J Pit, LaPlata County, dated 24 AUG 2016 Page 3