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EXHIBIT D MINING PLAN TOPSOIL WILL BE STRIPPED WITH A DOZER AND STOCKPILED IN TH£ AREAS SHOWN. GRAVEL AND ROCK WILL BE EXTRACTED AND HAULED AWAY. EXCAVATION WILL BEGIN WHERE SHOWN ON MAP AS GRAVEL BANK AND PROCEED SGUTH TO NORTH. THE ROADS SHOWN ON THE MAP ARE EXISTING ROADS AND WE WILL NOT HAVE TO BUILD ANY. THE SURROUNDING LAND IS BLM. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 455 EMERSON, CRAIG, CO 8162 (303) 824-8251. SITE DESCP.IPTION THERE ARE NO EXISTING STRUCTURES WITHIN THE 200 FT. AFFECTED AREA. ~-THIS IS AN OLD PIT THAT HAS BEEN MINED YEARS AGO, THIS PIT WILL NOT AFFECT ANY WATER RESOURCES. IT IS A DRY PIT. THERE IS A DRY BED NATURAL DRAINAGE INDICATED ON THE SURVEY MAP. I HAVE ALSO APPLIED FOR THE STORM WATER I`RAiNAGE PERMIT. A COPY OF THAT APPLICATION HAS 3EEN INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION. WE WILL DIVERT ALL SURFACE RUNOFF INTO E}:L STING NATURAL DRAINAGE. THE GROUND WATER IN THIS VICINITY IS APP- ROXIMATELY 80 FT. OF THE DEPOSIT. r THE THICKNESS OF OVERBURDEN IN THIS AREA VARIES FROM ~. AS MUCH AS 0 ft. TO 2 FT. AS MUCH OF IT :fS CLIFF AREA. A D-7 CAT DOZER WILL $E USED TO EXCAVATE AND STOCKPIL THE OVERBURDEN. A LOADER WILL THEN BE CSED TO LOAD AND DUMP TRUCKS TO TRANSPORT THE GRAVEL. A PORTABLE ON-SITE CRUSHING S SCREENING :?CANT WILL BE SET UP. NO ASPHALT PLANT HAS $F.EN PROPOSED AT THTS TIME BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE. IT WOULD BE A PORTABLE ASPHALT PLANT AND ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS WOULD BE TAKEN, SUCH AS LINING THE LOADING AREA WITH SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL TO GUAP.D AGAINST SPILLING WHEN LOADING TRUCKS. A WEIGH STATION WILL ALSO BE SET ON SITE. THERE WILL BE NO CONCRETE FOOTINGS, BUILDING SLABS OR OTHER STRUCTURES WHICH WILL REQUIP,E DEMOLI- TION DURING RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES. ' THE ACCESS ROAD CONNECTING U.S. HIGHWAY 40 IS AN EXISTING ROAD AND WILL REMAIN AFTER MINING ACTIVITIES.