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NEWMONT <br /> GOLDCORR <br /> consisted of a D9 dozer for spreading growth media, 5,000 gal water truck to water haul roads for <br /> dust control, and a CAT Model 14 grader for maintaining haul roads. <br /> 3.5 Other Equipment <br /> Revegetation equipment selected included either a CAT D8 dozer or a CAT D4 dozer mounted <br /> with a cyclone style seeder, chain, or harrow depending on the severity of the slope to be <br /> traversed. A combination hydro-seeder/hydro-mulcher was selected for distributing wood fiber <br /> hydro-mulch and for some of the seeding effort. A conventional agricultural helicopter was <br /> selected for the steeper slope seeding and fertilizing where normal agricultural equipment cannot <br /> be expected to operate. Other minor pieces of equipment used for specific tasks as outlined on <br /> the individual facility cost sheets also were included in the cost estimate. <br /> 4 CALCULATION OF PRODUCTION RATES FOR EQUIPMENT <br /> Using the volumes and areas computed for the various facilities to accomplish reclamation, <br /> production rates (also known as "productivities") for the selected equipment were developed in <br /> the SRCE, taking into account such factors as characteristics of materials handled (i.e., loose, <br /> hard, wet, dense, etc.), haul distance, grade resistance, operator efficiency, equipment utilization <br /> rate, capacity of loader buckets and truck beds, etc. It should be noted that for the equipment <br /> selected for the financial warranty estimate, machine productivities predicted by the Caterpillar <br /> Performance Handbook do not significantly vary between editions, and changes in cost are <br /> governed mostly by price escalation and haul distances. <br /> 5 CALCULATION OF REVEGETATION COSTS <br /> Various seed mixtures used at CC&V have been evaluated and improved upon as appropriate <br /> during the course of completing concurrent reclamation projects. As a result, CC&V continues to <br /> obtain species best suited for reclaiming of the Cresson Project. It is CC&V's experience that <br /> certain species will be replaced with improved native or adapted species capable of supporting <br /> the wildlife habitat and livestock grazing post-mining land uses. Revegetation costs are based on <br /> actual costs for seed and the Division's application costs as approved in TR-115. <br /> 6 CALCULATION OF DEMOLITION COSTS <br /> The demolition cost for most structures were adjusted to exceed or match the latest version of <br /> R.S. Means Heavy Construction Cost Data for2018, using the dimensions of the structure and <br /> applying an appropriate cost per unit of volume. SRCE has revised assumptions about facility <br /> demolition, a premium was applied to the SRCE unit cost to meet or exceed the RSMeans Rate. <br /> This cost estimate does not account for the salvage value or the scrap metal value of materials <br /> generated during a large-scale project. <br /> Cripple Creek&Victor Gold Mining Company Exhibit L <br /> Cresson Project Amendment 13 <br /> 4 <br />