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,r, <br />McRAE & SHORT,•. <br />1227 - 8th Avenue <br />Greeley, Colorado 80631 <br />Telephone (303) 356-3101 <br />~ iiiiiiviiiiiiiiiiii <br />Engineering, Surveying, Planning & Land Development <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />723 CENTENNIAL BUILDING <br />1313 SHERMAN STREET <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80203 <br />ATTENTION ROGER FUNSTON <br />RE: YOUR FILE #78-210 <br />DEAR ROGER, <br />SEPTEMBER 1, 1978 <br />PROJECT N0. 111-781 <br />_ =' <br />p - ~ ~,~d <br /> <br />WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED MEETING YOU DURING YOUR FIELD INSPECTION OF <br />THE PROPOSED OPERATION. AS REQUESTED IN YOUR LETTER OF'AUGUST 4, 1978, <br />WE ARE SUBMITTING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO SUPPLEMENT THE APPLI- <br />CATION REPORT. <br />I. EXHIBIT D - MINING PLAN <br />A. TOPSOIL HANDLING <br />ALL GOOD TOPSOIL WILL BE STRIPPED OFF ALL AREAS TO BE <br />MINED AND USED IN THE RECLAMATION PROCESS ON THE SITE. ACCORDING <br />TO THE SOILS REPORT AND FIELD INVESTIGATION TOPSOIL DEPTH VARIES <br />BETWEEN 0" AND 12" IN DEPTH. IN THE "BLOCK CUT" OPERATION THE TOP- <br />SOIL WILL BE WORKED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE OTHER OVER BURDEN TO BE <br />MOVED PRIOR TO GRAVEL MINING AN AREA. BASICALLY, THE TOPSOIL WILL <br />B~ REMOVED TO EXPOSE THE OVERBURDEN AND TEMPORARILY STOCKPILED. <br />THE OVERBURDEN 1YQ'LL THEN BE REMOVED TO EITHER BUILD DIKES OR SHAPE <br />THE PREVIOUSLY MINED AREA. NO OVERBURDEN WILL BE STOCKPILED. THE <br />STOCKPILED TOPSOIL WILL THEN BE PLACED OVER THE OVERBURDEN IN THE <br />AREA TO BE RECLAIMED. DUE TO THE LARGE REDUCTION OF LAND AREA IN <br />THE TOTAL PROJECT, MORE THAN ENOUGH TOPSOIL WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM <br />THE CULTIVATED FIELDS TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED TOPSOIL FOR RECLAMATION. <br />EXCESS TOPSOIL FROM ANY AREA WILL BE STOCKPILED FOR FUTURE USE ON <br />