2021-06-08_PERMIT FILE - M2021015

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EXHIBIT D- MINING PLAN Mining operations shall be a simple removal process in a dry setting of moderate to gently sloping surface where the gravel and sand to be removed is found and continues downward for the full depth of the mining operation. The mining operations will be pushed by bull dozers and/or loaders outward and downwards so loader can remove gravel from high walls. Sufficient slope will be maintained at all times to permit movement of equipment from ground level to the floor of the pit. These procedures will result in a gradual expanding of the boundaries of the pit until the boundaries of the area have been reached. Once gravel has been moved to stock piles, the front end loaders will load onto trucks to be removed from mining area. All top soil 6" to 12"will be moved to border and then be seeded and not touched until ready to reclaim. All of overburden will be moved away from top soil on and next to border where it will be stock piled and left alone until ready to be reclaimed. There is no water impoundment in affected area, but a water diversion will be added to the north to north east border where the rainfall can go around the working are of the pit. To start new pit area, 4 to 5 acres will be affected in the first year. Once the pit gets active and moving along it will spread outwards. Around 50,000 tons of material per year will be extracted. That figure is not exact tons of material but is a guideline. The first 2 to 3 years will be slow until pit is established. After that, one half to one acre of new pit area will be opened. The thickness of the overburden looks to be 10-12 feet. Sand and gravel begin 12 - 15 feet below overburden. The material,which is sand and gravel,will be used for Kiowa County's gravel roads. There will be no need to use explosives in mining for sand and gravel, or when time comes for reclaiming.