_PERMIT FILE - M1981302 ‎(20)‎

• Permit No: M1981302
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: FIGURES
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

INTRODUCTION
Flatiron Sand and Gravel Company proposes to mine a 168.5
acre site south of U.S. 36 and west of South Boulder Creek
to obtain approximately 4 million tons of sand and gravel.
The product is basically for use in the Boulder market.
In the Front Range area of Colorado, demand for construction
aggregates requires the mining of sand and gravel. In the
past, this extraction was thought to be a necessary evil,
destroying productive land in order to obtain the valuable
aggregates beneath its surface. Graveling companies are
now proving that this need not be the case. Mining can be
• done in phases , and the land first mined can be quickly
restored to productive uses , while the mining operation
moves to the next area on the site. Mining becomes a
temporary land use. Reclamation becomes the tool for
restoring the land to productive use. As witnessed at
the Flatiron White Rocks Mine northeast of Boulder, vege-
tation and wildlife not only return to reclaimed areas
but coexist with the gravel stockpiles and operating
equipment.
The need for construction aggregates and the advantage of
a sand and gravel source close to consumers (rising costs
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