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January 18, 2018 <br />BLASTING PLAN FOR SUMMIT BRICK AND TILE COMPANY- FOX PIT <br />NEAR BEULAH COLORADO <br />SCOPE OF WORK <br />The quarry at Beulah has been developed for the extraction of the clay and sandstone as a stone <br />product, and borrow. <br />The following is the description of how the area is prepared for the drilling and blasting <br />of this said material and the procedures used to accomplish this drilling and blasting. Although the <br />sandstone is predominantly the material being shot, the clay at times will need to be shot. <br />PREPARATION OF BLASTING AREA <br />The area to be drilled and blasted is first stripped of the topsoil material, which will be saved in <br />topsoil stockpiles. This preparation is done as to permit the safe and normal travel across the area by <br />the drill, drill support equipment and the explosive blend truck. <br />The areas for blasting are determined by the operators of the mining operation. <br />PRE -BLAST SURVEY PROCEDURE: <br />The Pre -Blast Survey will be used to document the existing condition of a structure(s) prior to the <br />commencement of any blasting activities being conducted within one-half mile of the structure. Since <br />this mine is nearly 2.5 miles long and will develop over a very long time, doing a Pre -Blast survey on all <br />of the habitable structures within in the half mile radius of the permit boundary is impractical nor would <br />it serve much purpose 40 years from now. This survey will be offered to the neighbors of Fox No 1 Clay <br />Mine where a structure is located within one-half (1/2) mile of the blasting activities at no cost to the <br />property owner. <br />The pre -blast survey is meant to protect both the neighbor and Summit Brick and Tile Company. <br />It does this by providing thorough documentation of the current, existing condition of the structures <br />surrounding the mine. Once blasting has begun, this documentation will be used to compare any <br />suspected changes that are reported to the original condition of the property. These surveys will be <br />used to identify and record the pre-existence of visible cracking or other defects in a structure before <br />blasting begins on a new Area. It is probable that some structures may have been inspected during the <br />previous analysis because they were within one-half mile of the previous blasting area. <br />