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<br />M ~ • • III III III III IIII III <br />JACK H. RALEY ~~~~p~~~~ <br />CIVIL EN6IN EER <br />LAND SURVEYOR <br />CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT IIII _ ^ 198 <br />_ ~~oJ .JJ J <br />PNON E: MEEKER 8]8-6210 <br />Box 181 M!~ID LkR~D RECLP.MA.?!OV <br />MEEKER, COLORADO 81641 CCI C'. ~Cq(. C~ ~!`''^,'~! O"_°_C.~C ~S <br />JULY 2, 1980 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />7Z3 CONTENNIAL BUILDING <br />1313 SRERMAN STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80203 <br />GENTLEMEN: <br />ATTENTION: BRAD JANES <br />THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED IN REPLY TO YOUR LETTER OF <br />JUNE 16, 1980 REGARDING THE RICHARD BACHMANN PIT, YOUR FILE N0. BO-11 <br />THIS PIT WAS OPENED IN THE 195015 BY RIO BLANCO COUNTY, USED <br />Z. <br />3. <br />Q~'G"~ ~~ <br />~fl ,,sp~i- ~ <br />IJ'~L. ~ 4. <br />5. <br />6. <br />BY THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEN OPERATED BY VARIOUS <br />CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME. THE OLO PI7 <br />FLOOR AND THE E%POSEO FACE OF GRAVEL ARE INCLUDED IN THE PIT <br />AREA AS SHOWN ON ExH181T C. <br />A. ALL OVERBURDEN, AS STATED IN EXHIBIT 1.811 MINING PLAN, WILL <br />BE STOCKPILED NEAR THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THE PIT FOR <br />FUTURE USE. THE VOLUME OF OVERBURDEN IS APPROXIMATELY <br />7600 CUBIC YARDS VARYING IN DEPTH FROM NOTHING TO 4 FEET <br />WITH AN AVERAGE OF Z FEET COVERING AN AREA ZSS FEET WIDE <br />BY 400 FEET LONG. <br />B. THE AREA OF DISTURBANCE IS 9.Z ACRES AND MILL OCCUR WITHIN <br />THE AREA MARKED IIPIT LIMIT11 ON E%HIBiT C. <br />THE STRATUM DIRECTLY UNDERLYING THE GRAVEL DEPOSIT IS THE <br />MANGOS SHALE. THE TOTAL DEPTH OF THE GRAVEL DEPOSIT, INCLUDING <br />OVERBURDEN, IS APPRO%IMATELY SO FEET AND THE PIT FLOOR MILL BE <br />THE TOP JF THE MANGOS. <br />THE GRAVEL OPERATIONS MILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING <br />PERMIT AND MILL CONTINUE FOR APPRO%IMATELY lO YEARS. <br />COPY INCLUDED. <br />BOND FORTHCOMING. <br />