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<br />15. Estimated mineral reserves: <br />Resoonse: Based upon twelve exploration holes drilled with an auger to bedrock and • <br />four backhoe pits dug on this site, it is estimated that there are approximately 2,882,360 <br />cubic yards or 5,361,189 tons of gravel which can be mined at this location. <br />SitelPhysical Description <br />16. Location, area, yardage and height of stockpile site(s): <br />Resoonse: The location of the proposed topsoil stockpiles is shown on Map 3, <br />Camilletti Milner Pit # 2 -Mine Plan Map. This shows that the topsoil will be stockpiled <br />along the eastern side of the pit so it can be used at the time of final reclamation of <br />each corresponding mine pit. Map 4, Camilletti Milner Pit # 4, Reclamation Plan Map <br />shows the potential reclamation areas which wilt potentially be covered by stockpiled <br />topsoil. <br />This area corresponds to approximately 1.5 acres. Due to the fact that there will be <br />contemporaneous reclamation, it is unlikely that there will be topsoil stockpiles more <br />than approximately 300 to 400 feet in length at any given time. Placement of the <br />stockpile in this location will aid by helping screen this gravel pit and reduce the post <br />mining reclamation costs since this material can be easily pushed down the hillside at <br />the time of final reclamation. Examination of the first years pit to the north of the natural <br />gas line, suggests that this stockpile will contain approximately 16,000 cubic yards of <br />material. This stockpile will be approximately 25 to 30 feet high. <br />The operator does not plan on creating any overburden stockpiles and with the • <br />exception of the first year of operation in Mine Block # 1, most of the removed <br />overburden materials will be backfilled into the previously excavated mine pits. <br />Overburden generated during the first year of mining, before there are any pits to <br />backfill, will be used to construct the proposed mine haul roads. During the first year df <br />operation the overburden materials will be used as road base to construct the mine <br />access road as shown on Map 3, Camilletti Milner Pit # 2 -Mine Plan Map. Overburden <br />which will be sold from this pit as clean fill, will be obtained from the active mine <br />workings and no overburden stockpile will be maintained on this site. All stockpiles of <br />either pit run gravel, or processed gravel will be stored as much as operationally <br />possible within the mine pit area. <br />Gravel stockpiles, as a rule of thumb, will be lower in height than the conveyor <br />associated with the crusher. This is usually less than 12 feet in height. However, some <br />stockpiled materials will be moved by front end loaders and placed in higher stockpiles. <br />In this event, these stockpiles will be lower in height than the adjacent pit highwalls and <br />since they will be effectively screened by the hillside on the east side of the property, <br />the operation mining pit area will be unobservable from the adjacent residences with the <br />exception of the landowners and from vehicles traveling along Routt County Road # <br />179. None of the stockpiles associated with the first two years of mining should be <br />visible from residences to the southeast or to the north in the Town of Milner due to the <br />Cottonwood trees which occur between the proposed mining areas and these <br />residences. However there is the possibility that some of the mining areas, including <br />portions of the stockpiles might be visible. The proposed haul road configuration has • <br />been designed as much as possible to ensure that the majority of the alignment is <br />hidden from view as much as conditions allow. <br />17. Location and area of processing site(s); <br />Response: Once there is sufficient room to work within the mine area, all gravel <br />