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MINING PLAN EXHIBIT C (CONT) <br />the north side of SH 69. Then follow the private road 1675 feet <br />Follow SHW 160 west thru Walsenburg for 7.5 miles to a private <br />road on the north side of SH 69. Then follow the private road <br />1675 feet ± north to the mine. Mr.& Mrs. Vezzani own all the <br />property within 200 feet of the permit line. <br />The entrance to this site is on an existing road that <br />accesses the site from SH 160 to the south. This road is shown <br />on the mining and reclamation plan maps and is currently used to <br />access the existing mine. When mining ends the road way will be <br />graded as it serves as access to other parts of the landowners <br />property. <br />We anticipate the life of this mine to be for the length of <br />the contract, 12 months or less. The Walsenburg Sand and Gravel <br />Company has a contract with Tricon 2 LLC to supply 35,000 tons of <br />material for State Highway Project SHE160A-031 to be completed on <br />State Highway 160. The CDOT contract: runs from April 18, 2017 <br />until project is complete in late September 2017. Stripping from <br />this borrow area is scheduled to begin on June 1, 2017 or when <br />the permit is issued. <br />The site is currently used by the landowners as rangeland <br />and commercial used associated with the Leased concrete batch <br />plant area. Of the 12.00 acre ± in the permit area, approxi- <br />mately 10.94 acre ± will be mining area, and the remaining 1.06 <br />acres ± will be setbacks maintained from the permit lines. This <br />site is on the north facing side of a minor ridgeline that <br />parallels the south side of the ephemeral drainage called Sand <br />Arroyo. The intent is to work into this slope and blend the <br />excavated slopes with the existing slopes on the surrounding area <br />as shown on Exhibit E-2, Reclamation Plan Map. <br />The material is a gravelly sandy dirt suitable for use as <br />fill on the highway project. The upper 0 to 4 inches of material <br />will be saved for use in reclamation and placed either in the <br />setbacks around the mined area or on the floor of the excavated <br />area as mining progresses. When encountered it will be stripped <br />and stockpiled around the site for use in reclamation. If the <br />soil stockpiles remain undisturbed for more than one growing <br />season a cover crop of Western Wheatgrass will be planted at a <br />rate of 3.0 pls/200 Ft2. <br />Approximately 3.03 acres of the site has been disturbed and <br />contains no topsoil. Stockpiles of topsoil will be stored around <br />the mined area until it is needed and some growth medium may be <br />returned from the highway project to the mine to supplement what <br />is available. This will only be done IF it is available. The <br />16 <br />