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EXHIBIT D <br />Mining Plan <br />The future mine expansion areas contain a terrace gravel deposit ranging from <br />approximately 15 to 25 feet thick. The expansion azeas aze adjacent to the 32 Road <br />Gravel Pit on the east, north and west sides. The proposed operation's primazy <br />commodity will be pit run aggregate, to be crushed and screened at the processing site to <br />make gravel for construction projects. <br />Prior to mining, 10 feet of topsoil and overburden material will be removed from <br />a portion of Mining Area A, also identified on maps as Pazcel 1. Using a scraper or front- <br />end loader, topsoil stripping will begin on the eastern side of Area A at a point at least 30 <br />feet from the east property line near a row of cottonwood trees. All topsoil will be saved <br />and stockpiled near the southeastern corner of Area A. <br />When mining commences in Area A, a rock crusher will process material. Front- <br />end loaders will excavate gravel and load it into the crusher or directly into trucks for job <br />site delivery. Site gravel resources will be mined so that no less than 2 feet of gravel will <br />remain, or will be replaced as a cover over the Mancos Shale formation. <br />All crushing, storing and loading of pit run material in Mining Areas A, B and C, <br />will occur on the floor of the excavation, approximately 40 feet below the existing <br />ground surface elevation. The pit floor will be graded north and west for irrigated <br />farming when reclamation is completed. <br />A portion of the pit access road will be rerouted in a southeasterly direction to <br />facilitate mining in the proposed expanded pit area. <br />Explosives will not be used during mining operations. <br />Mining Areas A, B and C will be as depicted on the Exhibit C map. <br />Mining Area A. Mining Area A will be mined first. Area A is east of the present <br />permit affected area, contains approximately 18.9 acres of land, and is the greater part of <br />the property proposed for pit expansion. Mining operations in Area A will proceed from <br />west to east. Topsoil will be stripped by a scraper and stockpiled in the southeast corner <br />of Area A. Some overburden will be stored nearby at a convenient location, and the <br />balance of overburden will be loaded from the material bank onto trucks to be sold. <br />