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<br /> <br />EXHIBIT D (Cont'd) <br />The dike is now being mined on 40-foot benches. As mining <br /> <br />LJ <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />LJ <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />progresses, holes are drilled and charges set with multiple delays. <br />The charges are detonated in accordance with industry standards. <br />The loose rock is removed to the quarry floor where front-end <br />loaders load and carry the material to a primary crusher which <br />then feeds the aggregate processing plant. As the operation moves <br />along the dike, the primary crusher will move also. After primary <br />crushing, the material will then be moved by conveyor to the <br />processing plant. Part of Stage P (P indicates plant) will be <br />used during Stages I through XIV as the location of the scale <br />house, sanitary facilities, general yard and equipment storage. <br />The remaining part of Stage P will be reclaimed when the plant <br />is moved closer to the mining face. But the total acreage of <br />Stage P will be used in the acreage count as a floating disturbed <br />area that will cover the location changes of the crusher system <br />and stockpiles. For further information, see the cost of <br />reclamation estimate in Exhibit L. <br />Each stage will be approximately 200 feet wide. The operator <br />will have to mine one stage while using the previous stage as a <br />base to work from. This will mean that at any one time three <br />stages will be in some state of disturbance. For example, while <br />mining is in progress on Stage V, the primary crusher and mining <br />equipment are working from Stage IV and reclamation is in progress <br />on Stage III. <br />R <br />