PERMFILE46953

• Permit No: M1990070
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: EUREKA GRAVEL
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT A-C
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Eureka• avel Pit Operation •
Sun Juun County rood depurtwuul wLl.l bu cn nd uct lag a grovel crunhtng and ucrao n~l nP
plant operation on the proposed locnrLon nt the old I?ureka townsite on county road
ll2 7.8 miles northeast of Silverton Colorado, township 42 north, range 6 west,section ly.
The proposed site will be.a dry alluvial operation not affecting any ground water
the pooposed site has minimal or no vegetation on the slope where material will be
extracted just one or two scrub pine trees. The staging or crushing and stocking
piling site at the botton of the slope has some large pines and willows the county
will protect these trees and if any tree is damaged or destroyed the county will
replace the tree with a similar tree. The proposed=sate=has'=nis Copsoi3'ofi'.the~-SYpoe
and does not support any type of wildlife because of the type of material and the
slope angle. The proposed site is a louval fan at the base of Eureka mountian on
the old Eureka tomn site near the old sunnyside mill site. There are no man made
structures within 300 feet of the proposed site.
The material excavation for gravel will be from the old bench road about 60 feet
above the rrnshi nl; and nMrlcpi l~i np, nrna. 'I'h r• cnnnty will push material down from the
bench road with a D7 tractor to the bottom area where 950 loaders will tram the material
to the crushing and screening plants and the finished material will be stockpiled for
future use. The county will be extracting 12,000 yards of gravel material a year
over the next five years.
San Juan County and the county road and bridge department has
from the owner and operator of the proposed site and also permis
on the adjoining lands to conduct material excavation and gravel
on there lands. The county has signed a lease agreement with the
and have been issued a free use permit by the BLM the county has
of both documents.
obtained permission
>ion from the BLM
crushing operations
owner operators `// -
nclosed a copy CAYY'" ~j,
The excavation of gravel material will commence one week after the MLRD notifies
the county that they have okyed the application. This should be around June 25, 1990
and operations should cease on October 17, 1990. In the following years gravel
excavation will commence on June 1st, and end on October 20th.
The erlulpCmenC the cnunCy will ue:o nro U71S 'I'rnctnr, PS erncl-nr, 950 wheel loader
a Read Model 40 Screen All plant. The crushing plant will be on hire from a private
contractor the contractor will be under the direct supervision of the county road
supervisor and will have to conduct reclamation efforts as part of their contract
with the county.
San Juan County asking for permission to exrtact gravel material from this site
because this is the most logical site due to the county roads that the county is
planning to upgrade over the next few years. The county is also replacing seveeal
bridges in the county and need the gravel and roadbase to complete the work of road
relocation and buildup..The largest factor for upgrading the road is the new desig-
nation by the BLM as part of the new Alpine Loop and the drastic incze~se~-iiti tbvrrLst~:
and fourwheel driving in gan Juan bounty.