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MINING PLAN (coNr) • • Exhibit C <br />an abundance of small stone and a lack of large stone because <br />market needs are for mostly large stone. It is likely that this <br />trend will reverse and we will have large stone and no small. <br />The entrance road is an existing road that supplies access to <br />the adjoining clay mine operated by Adiance, Inc. This road will <br />remain after mining is complete. It enters the permit area from <br />Siloam Road near the southwest corner of the site and crosses the <br />mining area from north to south. This road is also used by the <br />landowner for access to areas north and east of the site. It is <br />currently 15 feet wide and the location is shown on map exhibits <br />supplied with this application. Periodic grading will be necessary <br />to keep the road in its present condition. As mining progresses <br />and the road is disturbed or removed the road will be rebuilt so <br />there is access to property north of the mine site. <br />The eastern part of the permit area contains the smaller rip- <br />rap like material we sell. We will remove the smaller stone from <br />the existing waste piles, grade and shape the area and reclaim it. <br />This area is part of what we are required to correct as part of the <br />Cease and Desist order issued by the Board in March 1997. <br />Soil stockpile areas will be located on the areas shown on the <br />Mining Plan Map -Exhibit E-1 . When excavating began all soil encountered <br />was stockpiled along the east and west sides of the mine perimeter. <br />This soil will later be use for reclamation on the site. if the <br />soil stockpiles remain undisturbed for more that one growing season <br />a cover crop of Western Wheatgrass will be planted at a rate of 3.0 <br />pls/200 Ft~. <br />Mining began near the west side of the permit area where the <br />rock is exposed. This established the floor of the mine and the <br />area where the rock can be selectively graded. We then worked out <br />from that point to the east, north and south. The floor of this <br />site gently slopes from east to west on the natural contour of the <br />slab rock. As we approach the outer edges of the permit area we <br />will leave enough room to create 3h to lv slopes from the original <br />surface to the bottom of the mine. Smaller pieces of waste rock <br />will be initially used to create the slope. A cover of finer <br />material will be placed over the course layer and the topsoil will <br />be replaced so the slopes can be revegetated with the approved seed <br />mix. Please refer to the Map ExhibitE-t on page 14 supplied with this <br />application to see how the area looks now. This sloping plan will <br />remain in place until the permit is approved for the Bedrock Mine <br />#1 is approved. When that permit is approved, we will transition <br />across the border between the two permit areas so the floor levels <br />match. Wherever the perimeters of this excavation will become <br />10 <br />