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EXHIBIT D (Cont'd) ~ <br />stages of the mining and reclamation operation and a technical <br />revision will be requested. The tracts are designated Area 1, <br />2 and 3 on map Exhibit D-1. ~ <br />The Ute pit is operated year round by Robinson Briclc and <br />Tile Company as a source of clays for its brick operation. <br />Robco has drilled 88 test holes on this property in order ~ <br />to define the location, thickness and quality of the clay as well <br />as the thickness of the overlying overburden. The clay to be <br />i <br />mined will vary in thickness from approximately 10 feet to 45 <br />feet or more. The amount of overburden varies between 6 feet <br />and 32 feet. <br />Soils are covered in a report prepared by tor. t9ark Heffner <br />of Oikos, Environmental Consultants. This report is included in <br />the application as Exhibits I and J. We expect to segregate and <br />stockpile between 10 and 14 inches of the preferred soils. We <br />quote from Atr. Heifner's summary: "There does not appear to be <br />any difficulty with the quantity or quality of existing soils <br />on the site; and by saving 12 inches of the material, excepting <br />the very thin and eroded Newlin soils, there should be sufficient <br />plant growth medium to reclaim all the affected lands." <br />Topographically, the land elevation drops in a direction <br />Prom east to west. This is in contrast to the normal west to <br />east loss in elevation along the front range. Thus, the drainage <br />pattern is also in opposition to the normal and runs east to <br />west across the property. <br />- 11 - I <br />