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It is also important to take into consideration that up on the higher portions of the gravelly cap <br /> and next to the west boundary there is a suspected Native American burial site. An area around the <br /> suspected site has been identified on mapping as a possible archaeological site that should not be <br /> disturbed until it is properly investigated. If it is a burial ground then it is likely no disturbance will be <br /> allowed in that area. If in fact that is the case, then the operation may be required to avoid this area by <br /> a distance that protects it from disturbance and significant erosion as a result of the mining. <br /> The reclamation here will be similar irrespective of where the mining ends. The southeast and <br /> southwest corners of the south end of the permit will be only minimally affected or not affected at all. <br /> But the central portion will become a very gentle downward slope declining about 20 feet over several <br /> hundred feet. This leaves a lot of opportunity to put in place erosion control features that keeps the <br /> runoff from going from top to bottom with no pauses or energy removal from the flowing water. The <br /> final outflow at the bottom will include either a controlled outlet or, if flows are minor by that time, a <br /> method of collection and allowing the water to sink into the gravels as it does now. <br /> Effects of Large Silt Pockets in Deposit on Reclamation <br /> As described in the Mining Plan, significant portions of the land added by Cooley Gravel <br /> Company to the original Schmidt-Tiago permit may not contain gravel that is of high enough quality <br /> to mine. The presence of these areas was apparently not known to Cooley Gravel Company. If these <br /> areas turn out to be too poor of a quality then significant portions of the land ahead of the current <br /> operation may not be mined and possibly not even stripped. These zones are identified on the maps, <br /> however those indications are far less certain as to what is there than the definition on the map would <br /> lead one to believe. The problem is how to economically and accurately determine what the quality <br /> of the gravels are in these areas without creating huge exploratory potholes in the ground that are <br /> difficult to reclaim. <br /> The plan calls for mining east to west toward the larger zone and stripping only a little land at <br /> a time until such time as the quality gravel dwindles. Then stop stripping and mining. But here the <br /> subject is reclamation and not mining. Nevertheless,because the mining future is ambiguous the <br /> reclamation cannot be greatly defined with regard to extent(i.e. the amount of land that will need to <br /> be reclaimed). REFER TO THE MINING PLAN FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS. <br /> Fountain Pit Technical Revision#3 - June 2022 M-1982-155 Reclamation Plan Page 15 of 23 <br />