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<br /> <br /> <br />§`=` ~ .e <br />.. ,~ !_ <br />f~ (32l Y. _ - . <br />4~"~ ~ .d .. •: O <br />c- # S .~ ~ <br /> <br />___r <br />Before: In the first stage of mining, carried out between October and March, one of the lakes was excavated, ground water collected by <br />percolation and pumped to Boulder Creek, and then the gravel was mined. Alter: Eight months after the firs[ photo was taken, <br />initial reclamation steps have been completed. The lake is tilled and native trees and grasses planted. <br /> <br />farm was divided into two segments', <br />one the Ertl property and the other the <br />Cannon property, which combined <br />would yield some 2.400.000 tons of <br />gravel. While Ertl would not sell his <br />property, he was willing to exchange <br />the gravel rights for the Cannon fame <br />which contained the east 50 acres of <br />gravel. As a further complication, the <br />owner of the Cannon farm would sell, <br />iyrr, . ., _ ,.,:_, <br />~r' 1 r'~.}g" ' e.'J' / ./ <br />f. , ~ f d ~ _ _ _ ~+~.A;~~ <br />but the sale could not be made condi- <br />tional to the company geeing the Coun- <br />ty's permission to mine the gravel. <br />The company faced the decision of <br />not buying the Cannon property and <br />thus losing the gravel on both farms, or <br />gambling several hundred thousand <br />dollars that they would get permission <br />from the County to mini the gravel, <br />despite the considerable opposition <br />which existed from the environmental <br />groups in the area. <br />The company took the gamble, and <br />purchased the Cannon farm and signed <br />a contract to trade the Ertl gravel for the <br />Cannon farm under a mutually accept- <br />able reclamation plan. The contract <br />with Ertl was dependent upon obtaining <br />permission to mine under Coumy and <br />State regulations. since in Colorado a <br />