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<br />EXHIBIT "C" <br />MINING PLAN <br />Mining is proposed to start shortly after permit issuance and is expected to last 8 to 12 years, <br />depending on business demand. <br />b. Topsoil -soil suitable as plant growth medium. <br />Cascajo soils and the Kim-Cascajo complex constitute the major aggregate types in this pit area. <br />There is no topsoil as such in the Cascajo soils, with the rock and sand coming completely to the <br />surface. Humus has built up in a layer 6" to 8" thick at the surface and may be saved for the growth <br />media or topsoil in reclamation. The Kim-Cascajo complex and the Fort Collins loam soils both <br />have topsoil ranging from 6" to 14" in depth. These will be the major source of topsoil for <br />replacement in reclamation. <br />c. Thickness of overburden or quantity of waste rock. <br />There is no overburden or waste rock in the Cascajo soils series, since the rock and sand start at the <br />surface. Anything other than the surface 6" to 8" of growth media is salable product,. Overburden <br />on the Kim-Cascajo complex and the Fort Collins loam can vary from 18" to 5' in depth. <br />d. Thickness of the deposit to be mined. <br />The site is a typical Cascajo and Kim-Cascajo complex site with the aggregate varying from 3' to 5' <br />at the edge, to occasionally 15' at the deepest portion. <br />e. Major components of the mining operation. <br />1. Access is due south to Siloam Road through the adjacent, previously permitted pit, <br />No. M-97-097. <br />2. A portable gravel crushing operation with associated equipment will be moved on site to process <br />and stockpile aggregate as business demand dictates. <br />3. No permanent office, shop or maintenance buildings are present or proposed. As stated in 2 <br />above, a portable crushing and screening operation will be moved in from time to time. <br />4. There are no underground openings such as adits or ventilation facilities, since this is an open pit <br />operation. The road is the only one of the items in this list to be shown on the map. <br />C-1 <br />