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LAND USE The small stones or rock that go into concrete come from two primary sources-gravel and crushed stone In order to make good concrete. this stone must be tree of soft material because the soft material would make the concrete tall apart very quickly When granite, which has been washed anU tumbled by a river for many miles, becomes "river washed gravel" it may then be used for good concrete aggregate Limestone deposits consisting of very hard and pure material are likewise used for concrete aggregate Because of the weight of the rocks that go Into con- crete. it is not economically feasible to haul them very far. The high cost of big dumptrucks and the substantial salaries received by the drivers of such trucks, the weigh) of such trucks on the highways and the taxes assessed against heavy hauling vehicles, all combine to make the cost of hauling aggregate materials go up substantially if the distance involved is very long. For this reason, historically, all growing communities will find an elforl being made to locate and develop whichever of These natural resources are close at hand. In the pass. many companies who have developed the aggregate resour- ces have tailed to reclaim the land for future beneficial use. It is Castle Concretes policy to utilize the resour- ces to the fullest extent-including reclamation. A brief survey of the protects to which Castle has contributed reveals the tremendous importance of this local Industry. No other source of Ilke quality and availa- bility is known within many miles of this area-and it is not difficult to compute the extra cost of these pro- jects if an additional 6 cents l0 20 cents per ton miles were added. For example, if each ton of material used at the Air Force Academy and in its stadium (222.600 tons) were hauled five additional miles at a cost of 8 cents per ton mile, the extra cost would have been 589,040 00. Castle has been granted the absolute title to 100 acres of land by the United States of America and it owns the land on which its two quarry operations exist Ir has leased one tract of lantl from the owner in order to rework the land and leave if in a workmanlike con- dition. Many local people feel that the quarry operations should cease, but they fail to recognize That there will always be new arrivals m the r'iices Teak community who will expect to have sidewalks, foundations for their homes, curbs, gutters, churches and schools. In order to create the facilities to take care of an ever-growing population, Castle has determined that It can extract the natural resources so badly needed in our community and can minimize the effect of that extraction by re- vegetating the extracted areas after the natural resour- ces have been taken. In This way it Supplies the needs of a local construction industry and all of the people who rely on concrete to help them in their daily lives and can also plan to provide an attractive area as soon as the minerals are extracted.