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<br />EXHIBIT D <br />MINING PLAN <br />Connell Resources, Inc. (herein Connell) currently has sand and gravel mining, an asphalt batch <br />plant, and headquarters just north of the proposed Wellington Downs permit site (known as the <br />Stute Pit, M-81-007). They have been operating the Stute Pit since 1990. Connell supplies local, <br />county, and state governments, as well private industry with aggregate and asphalt. Connell has <br />just about exhausted the sand and gravel reserves and is in the process of reclaiming the site. <br />Therfore, they must relocate to the Wellington Downs deposit. <br />The proposed permit azea for the Wellington Downs operation is 109.5 acres, of which 90.31 <br />acres will be disturbed by mining. <br />The Wellington Downs deposit has been drilled and contains an estimated 1.2 million cubic yazds <br />of sand and gravel. The deposit has 4.5 average depth of overburden and a 10 foot average depth <br />of sand and gravel. The overburden will be removed and stockpiled for reclamation. About 5% <br />of the deposit will be unmazketable fines and used along with the topsoil and overburden for <br />reclamation. <br />Phasin <br />Currently Connell processes 200,000 and 250,000 tons of aggregate per yeaz. They expect to <br />keep this same rate of production at the Wellington Downs site. They will mine between 10 to <br />15 acres a yeaz. At this rate of mining they expect to mine and reclaim the site in 8 to 10 yeazs. <br />The operation will be mined and reclaimed in phases to limit the azea of disturbance at any one <br />time. Each phase is between 10 and 15 acres in size (See Exhibit C). In Phase 1 Connell will <br />mine the southeast end of the deposit. Once Phase 1 is mined it will be backfilled and topsoiled. <br />At this time an asphalt plant will be placed here. <br />The final reclamation of the site will include a lined water storage reservoir. Phase 2 of the <br />operation will consist of mining a 100 foot wide strip azound the perimeter of the future <br />reservoir. Thus Connell can seal and 3H:1V slope the perimeter of the reservoir in the eazly <br />stages of the operation. This method will eliminate groundwater inflow into the pit and limit the <br />potential effects of dry mining on surrounding well owners. <br />The next 3 phases of mining and reclamation will be within the azea of the reservoir. Mining <br />will start on the south side and progressively move to the north. <br />The final 2 phases will be the mining and reclamation of the deposit west of the reservoir. The <br />area will be mined south to north. Once mined the azea will be backfill and graded to closely <br />match the existing grade. <br />3 <br />