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it • ~ <br />1 . <br />EXHIBIT B <br />1 <br />i•lining Plan - '';lebb Pit <br />The intention of the mining operation is to remave sand and gravel far road <br />construction and maintenance purposes and return the site to as close to pre- <br />mining conditions as possihle. <br />The {•lebb ?it is ormed by Fiartin E. and Jean l!oodring, and they have required <br />in the "Option to Buy Material" agreement with ilesa County that the site :•rill be <br />left in a neat condition after gravel extraction. <br />' The pit is aperateci annually on an "as needed" basis r~rhen r;ernand for road <br />material is present. P!cr:aally, a yearly cycle of operation consists of front-end <br />' loaders, dump trucks and a crusher being moved to the location. Then the gravel <br />material is mined, crushed and sized according L-o specirications. The required <br />(see Exhibit C) material is stoc!piled for road use, and ~;rhen the demand depletes <br />t1~e stockpiled supply, the extraction operation begins again, After the stor_4cpiled <br />' quantity is determined to be sufficient for anticipated demand, tl~e miring equipment <br />is re,roved from the site, except for a front end loader. <br />Overburden that is removed during the mining activity is stockpiled fcr <br />reclamation purposes. Tide site is treeless. Therefore, the disposal of trees is <br />not a problem. The small amaunt of existing vegetation and debris is removed by <br />' a loader and buried in the side slopes as tiie grading plan dictates for site reclamation. <br />A mining timetable is difficult to extimate since the gravel pit is not operated <br />continuously, but is instead utilized as read building demands occur near the pit. <br />' Since the gravel extraction is predicated on road building, the actual extraction <br />is dependent on hesa County's budget constraints related to road ccnstruction. <br />~~ Because the demand for road materials is iiiahly variable, an appro:;imate liftime <br />for the pit of ten years is predicted. If the ten year lifetime is accurate, full <br />reclamation should begin in early 1989. One must reme^rber, hor:ever, that such <br />~•, estimates are extremely variable due to de^and fluctuations. <br />Every effort trill be nacle to keep the land neat and contoured while the pit is <br />' active, and prior to full reclamation. <br />,~ <br />1 <br />'.'~ <br />