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• ;-;k:cl~l.on, inc. <br />rILRB F'er-mit F1ppl.icati.on <br />Haw4:a/Shaffer F'it <br />Norwood, Col.or~do <br />CYFIIPIT C <br />IHini.ng F'].an <br />].. Bath of these gratvc~~l pi.t has been in operation for forty <br />(40) years. pt the present time, it is estimaLecJ there is <br />enough gravel. in 'the pits to conti.nu.e~ mining far annthcrr <br />t~•:enty year; at twice the= present vglume. The gravel will <br />not. be mined in a phased appreacl-~. Na reclamation wor4:: is <br />planned !tn{=i1 tl-~e pit is to be r_losed dean to thn csmall area <br />~:tvai l abI e for =_:;tncl::pi l i nq of gravel and stind. Both ~~:i is wi l l <br />be opr-.-rated si.mu.1L'aneously -- that ice, we will not be crushing <br />i.n one pit., recl.ai.ming it, than crushing in the other. <br />~. The avczragc deptl-r of the {=opsgi 1 i s one foot:. The topsoi 1 <br />will he stprF::pil.ecJ ~7way frcam the gravel. pit. on adjacent. <br />p-property owned by hpp].icant. :[t wall bq removed by the use <br />of a c,craper and/or doer as ner_es=_;ar-y. "fhe topsoi 1 and <br />overburden will. not be haulr,:d tq the stoc4::pile site with <br />!.rucl:a. Thca topsoil. Pilo will bc= =a l.abi.li.e~d, e+s su.gge=.ted by <br />• t-he Soil Cgnt~ervation Service, with native gra:~~~es until <br />rc-~acJy f nr rr-~c 1 amat i on ~_ise. <br />3, The overburden in this pi L- has an averape depth of one foot. <br />It. o-:iJ.l. be stnck:pilerJ near the topsoil stockpile u.nti.7. the <br />pit is r~=c.l;:timed, a{. whip--h time i.t will he placid as the <br />first ]. i f t. undo=r tl-re top:;oi l . I t. will , also, be hauled tq <br />~%he ctor_f.::p.i 1 :i i;g site v:i a scrapers rat=her than trucb::s. <br />4. The de.pos~.t varies iii thickness wi't.h an overatl.l average <br />thic4::ness of twenty--five (^~) feet. <br />5. TPte operation consist:~~ only of an ~:tccrar, road and the p'i't. <br />itself. Then crusher plant which we are using is portable:, <br />sand not in t}'~i.s ]oc.-ztinn e;:cept o-:hen crushing. WhF~n crushing <br />in L'h:i.s pi l-, thr: crusher plant i.~ movr_d from one location tq <br />another for mao-:imum eff i. ci. ency and minimal hauling of .9aL <br />materials. Thera arc= no ~_in~.-Jc~rground eperatior~s, offices,_A~a~ <br />nhop_;_,-et c.._, nor does the company halve. plans to place such Rr.Po~T <br />facilities at this location. The gravel will he remover) from 5~,,,rs °- <br />the wall. i.n ttl'ie. Hawl:a pi.t with a fr'~ant-end loacJer when 5(„oP ~ <br />pos~i.ble. This method leaves a I-:ighwall whir_h will be <br />r'~ec.lai.med to a ~t:J or gentl.cr slope. Thcz Shaffer pit is mined <br />with a com6ina{:i.nn of a. doter and a fron±-end loader. This, <br />met.}~~od doa7r> not leavra the highwa;ll, and the mined area i.s <br />• ~sl npyxj as ~I.,he crlrsher is in operation. In summary, the Hawk:; <br />pi'f. will 6~_ mined with a vertical facq, atnd the Shaffer pi.t <br />will be rn:in~~d a_; -. slr,p~_d face ate; they ~-urrcrn~tly e;;ist. <br />6. F'].e.+<;c :,-.-. 't.!-,o m~inin.~ mnl:~~.; fnr~ ±:he -~tretrs L-o iJel min•3d. <br /> <br />