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kind of plant growt~edium. However, it must continually kept in <br />mind that the mining methods which were used to produce the existing <br />disturbance strongly limits the number and capability of alternative mine <br />• plans to produce a suitable reclamation environment. Castle Concrete <br />Company believes the following plan will accomplish to a high degree <br />the production of as adequate a reclamation environment as is possible <br />with the limitations produced by existing site conditions. <br />TRACT DESCRIPTIONS - The mine area is divided into 3 fundamental tracts <br />and one sub-tract. They are labelled Tracts A, B, C and A-1 on Exhibit <br />C. They are briefly described below as to their function and <br />characteristics. <br />Tract A - This area occupies the major part of the mine and <br />covers 90~+ of the previously mined area. Most of the mining will occur <br />in this tract and will occupy all areas west of the Mining Limit Line <br />shown on Exhibit C. Some additional mineable reserves may be found to <br />• the east and next to the Mining Limit Line. If such is found, modifica- <br />tion of this line will be requested of the Mined Land Reclamation Board, <br />but all mining east of this line wll be within the present Tract A-1, <br />although by moving the tdining Limit Line to the east effectively <br />increases the area of Tract A and decreases Tract A-1 by a corresponding <br />amount. <br />Tract B - This knob on the south end of an adjoining Tract A <br />will be mined for limestone within the reserve area and a few hundred <br />feet south of the boundary between Tracts A and B. The southwestern <br />portion of the tract does not contain any limestone but could be mined <br />for granitic aggregate. The remainder of Tract B will be used for access <br />roads and stockpiling topsoil removed from Tract B. <br />Tract C - This tract on the north end of the mine will be one <br />of the first areas to be completed mining. The area, fcr the ~aost part, <br />is a steep-walled canyon ar.d contains special, highly valuable red <br />limestone. This tract may also be used to some extent as access to the <br />P-D-~* <br />