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1 <br />1 <br />' three-quarters of the area to be affected. Above the creek bottom <br />' on the south end of the property the Altvan loam covers the alluvium <br />to be extracted. Soils in the creek bottom vary between 0 and <br />4 feet in thickness. The Altvan loam on the south terrace varies <br />', between 1 and 7 feet in thickness. <br />Of the total 207+/- acres to be disturbed by mining, approx- <br />' imately 133+/- acres will be water (either lake or creek) or <br />road, leaving approximately 74+/- acres to be revegetated. Thus, <br />' it is obvious that sufficient quantities of soils are available <br />to reclaim the disturbed lands to their present condition. The <br />' soils on the creek bottom alluvium may not be of high quality, <br />but the soils to be salvaged and replaced are representative <br />of what is there now. <br />' Mining Plan. Mining will be carried out in three stages <br />so as to minimize surface disturbances on the affected land at <br />' any one time. Map Exhibit D-1 delineates the proposed mining <br />stages, the sequence of mining and estimated time duration of <br />each mining stage. The map depicts what the area might be like <br />' when mining is about 258 complete in Stage 2. <br />Operations will commence along the west side of the property <br />' north of St. Vrain Creek in Stage 1. Mining will progress to <br />the east. Because of the pipeline ROW's, Stage 1 will be mined <br />' in three areas that will create three lakes as shown on the rec- <br />' lamation map, Exhibit F. When mining is complete north of St. Vrain <br />Creek, operations will move south of the creek into Stage 2 and <br />' then progress south and west into Stage 3. Stages 2 and 3 will <br />' 7 <br />