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~ ~ P-2 The aast-west boundary measures 565' ending 50' short of the fence line, creating an area of 7.4 acres. The material to be mined is decomposed granite. The decomposed granite is generally found as pulverized granite crystals in the natural state or can be read- ily crushed to desired screen size. Occasionally, the mining operation encounters fairly large granite boulders up to the size of an office desk. These are pushed to one side for eventual use as backfilling in the mined area. Mining will be done with a John Deere Model 544 front- end loader equipped with a 2%Z cuyd. bucket. Material is delivered to an.Easy Lift conveyor where it is trans- ported to a Rogers Jaw Crusher. Stockpiled material is hauled from the site by dump trucks. On occasion a D-9 Caterpillar and blade is leased to uncover granite dep- osits. Mining on the steep slopes in the past has encountered virtually no topsoil material, especially in phases 1 and 2, and the lower slope in phase 3. Consequently, no effort was made to segregate what little topsoil there was from subsoil overburden. .In the future hotaever_,_ ~~,s,,rtie. concerted effort will be made to remove and stockpil separately the top 12." of topsoil material in the t and ~''~'`%"^' .~/ 5th phases of the operation. Mining in the 4th and 5th phases will be done in two parallel runs from east to west, each about 175' wide. Please refer to Exhibits B-1 and B-2 for clarification. In the 4th phase separation of the topsoil will begin approximately100'from the south boundary by construct- ing a berm of topsoil in the first 25-30' immediately adjacent to the south boundary of the permitted area. All of the topsoil in the 4th phase will be transported to the berm. A second berm composed of only onE-Half of the overburden in the 4th phase will be stockpiled in a parallel berm. The remaining one-half will be temporar- ily stored on the surface area of the 5th phase, paral- lel to the 4th phase. This arrangement will allow space for any excess overburden that can not be adequately stored on the south side of the exposed granite in the 4th phase. Mining will then proceed from east to west creating a mine floor that dips slightly to the west in order to prevent run-off from eroding the benches formed in phases 1 - 3. The crushing operation will be main- tained close to the mining face and fines and large bould- ers will be pushed to the side for backfilling purposes. As mining proceeds through the crest of the hill, the side walls will become lower and at some point, the avail- able resource may be too shallow for a profitable oper- ation. In any event mining will halt 50' from the north boundary of the leased area.