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<br />EXHIBIT B - Mining Plan <br />Topsoil of about 12" will be removed and stockpiled on West part of <br />track. Overburden of about 27" will be removed and stockpiled. Stockpile <br />slopes will be generally about 3:1 which is three to one on side and 4:1 <br />on end. <br />Removal will begin at about the middle of the tract and proceed in an <br />easterly direction. Material will be removed by front end loader. <br />Mining of gravel will be performed to the underlying shell layer, a total <br />depth of about 12 feet. Front end loaders will load gravel into trucks <br />for hauling away of the gravel. A screening plant will not be used. An <br />estimated two acres will be mined per calendar year for a total of about <br />40 cyds/year. <br />Amendments as requested by Bureau of Mined Land Reclamation: <br />1(a) Stockpiles overburden and topsoil will be drilled to 8 lbs. <br />pls forage sorghum. Stockpiles will be west of the site and will <br />be seeded annually in the Spring and left unharvested for erosion <br />control and wildlife use. <br />2(a) See revised mining plan map. <br />3(a) The landowner has requested that sand drop seed and sand <br />blue stem not be used in their mixture. <br />(b) The area will be protected from livestock grazing by fencing. <br />ADDENDUM <br />Reference to Question 1 posed by BMLR: The question refers to the seeding of <br />stockpiles. These stockpiles are temporary, four to five years (or estimated <br />time for pit to be operated). Sand blue stem, as is also true with most <br />perennials, take most of the four to five years to become established. In the <br />meantime, annuals must be dependent upon to provide protection. <br />Annuals, by volunteer seeding and by stocks remaining, probably would give <br />erosion control cover with reseeding every other year or possibly every third <br />year. Evaluation of repeat seeding needs would be evaluated on site each year <br />by the appropriate soil conservation district, with follow up action, whether <br />the perennials were included or not. <br />~° ..y N- <br />~ fir...<.~ ~- <br /> <br />nn. <br />v'J:C. '. _. . <br />