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The recreational use of the area would dictate goverrnrental <br />ao3uisition of the land to provide public use, as it currently <br />is private land. The final potential use would be for storage <br />of water, and this would probably be the most beneficial as <br />water, actually the lack of it, is the limiting factor for agriculture <br />in the area. The various approvals needed, and the economics inwlved <br />would preclude any private land owner from constructing a large <br />reservoir at the site. Again, goverTm~ent intervention would be <br />required to obtain the land and provide the capital to construct <br />such an impoundment. In addition, water rights would have to be <br />secured and this would most likely be impossible to do at this time. <br />As stated previously, the area has been both surface and <br />underground mined. The underground mining ~p of the Cass <br />Seam (Map IV-2) was updated on Nhrch 27, 1952 to show the extent <br />• of the underground workings. Map IV-2A, Del F~g~~a Underground Mine <br />Map, shows the extent of the Del Agues underground mine. The <br />mining technique practiced at the underground mines was the classic <br />room and pillar technique. Surface mining within the pP*mit <br />boundary has been proceeding since 1977, with m; n;nq activities <br />currently limited to Section 22. The surface method used is ]mown <br />as the haul hark technique, with the mine being classified as a <br />contour mine. Table IV-1, gives the annual production from the <br />surface mines. Table IV-2 and IV-3 gives the historic production <br />from the underground mines. <br />Prior to mining, the land was used as rangeland and wild- <br />life habitat. This is the current usage of both the adjacent area <br />and the area within the permit boundary to be disturbed by mining, <br />The county currently designates the land use as high- <br />IV-4 <br />