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CRYSTAL PIT <br />Therefore, about 1 to 3 acres of each phase will be opened for <br />• extraction initially with the subsequent operations extending up the <br />valleys in small strips. The west phase will be completed with mining <br />before the east phase is initiated. <br />ACCESS ROADS: Access to each phase will be from a small dirt road <br />which leads from another dirt road to the highway. In this way, no <br />new entrances to the Pikes Peak Highway will be established, but <br />rather all existing roads will be used. <br />The existing roads to be used for access are adequate for the <br />equipment and no improvements will be needed other than an occasional <br />grading if the need arises. Thus the road will be maintained, but it <br />will not be improved and is therefore not included as affected land. <br />WATER REDUIREMENTS: Only minimal water will be needed for occasional <br />dust control. If such water is needed it will be acquired from local <br />sources owned by the City of Colorado Springs. The city has several <br />reservoirs on Pikes Peak and one is within a mile of the site. Water, <br />• if needed, could be derived from those sources. <br />GROUND WATER OCCURRENCES: No ground water will be encountered in the <br />course of this operation. The water that might be encountered will be <br />occasional accumulations of runoff from-rain or snow melt. This <br />runoff will be controlled on site (see reclamation plan for details). <br />MATERIAL PROCESSING: As stated before, it is expected that no <br />material processing will be needed at all. This is because the fine <br />gravels produced in the decomposition of the Pikes Peak Granite is <br />often of a grade which is suitable for direct placement on the Pikes <br />Peak Highway. This has been the experience in the past and there is <br />no reason to think it would be any different at this site. <br />On the other hand, if-processing is needed it would constitute <br />nothing more than a minimal amount of screening. That would either <br />be done on site or where the material is hauled. <br />u <br />1J <br />