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Mining of the gravel will start in two different areas and will be scheduled such that the two <br />different mining stages meet up at roughly the same point in time, at which point the mining stages <br />will combine and will continue mining the remaining Phases. The production from each of the <br />initial two mining Stages is expected to account for half of the overall production from the mine. <br />The first stage will mine Phases A 1 through A4 sequentially from the north to the south starting on <br />the northern portion of the La Salle Aggregate Reserves' western property (formerly the George <br />Property) and will require approximately 19.8 years to mine. The second stage will begin at the old <br />Metcalf Pit and will mine Phases B 1 through B4 by first mining south through Phases B 1 and B2 <br />and then mining west through Phases B3 and B4. Stage B will take approximately the same amount <br />of time to mine as Stage A, and both will be mined concurrently. The Phases in both Stages A and <br />B have been scheduled such that Phase Al will terminate at roughly the same point in time as Phase <br />B 1 and likewise for the remaining Phases in Stages A and B. <br />As seen on Map C-2, there are two houses in Phase B 1 which will need to be removed prior to <br />mining of the area. Removal of the two houses will take place near the beginning of the operation in <br />enough time that the removal does not interfere with the mining operations. <br />During the mining of Phases A4 and B4, Phase 5 will be stripped of topsoil and prepared for <br />mining. In preparation for mining of Phase 5, the house on the George property as well as several <br />other farm related buildings in the general vicinity of the house will have to be removed. <br />At the conclusion of Stages A and B, production will be combined for Stage C. Stage C mining will <br />progress through the remaining mining Phases 5 through 13 sequentially. One permanent road as <br />well as several temporary access roads which are shown on Map C-2 will be left in order to allow <br />material to be hauled from the remaining Phases. Material to reclaim Phase 5 will be stockpiled on <br />Phase 4 in order to minimize hauling distances. A small portion of Phase 4 will be left unreclaimed <br />in order to accommodate for stockpiling. The last step in mining the property will come in mining <br />Phases 12 and 13. Phases 12 and 13 consist of removing the natural berm on the eastern portion of <br />the permit azea. Phase 12 will be remove the natural berm on the southeast portion of the permit <br />area and will be daylighted into Mexican Gulch in order to allow the reclaimed pit to drain to the <br />natural slope and ultimately to the Uncompahgre River. Phase 13 will be removed and the pit will <br />Haldorson Sand and Gravel Mine <br />