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• • <br /> Base Products <br /> Tony F. Appelhanz <br /> 62339 W. LaSalle Rd. <br /> Montrose, CO 81401 <br /> 970-249-3061 <br /> EXHIBIT D <br /> MINING PLAN <br /> In 1993 this site supplied gravel for the New Montrose Airport. 1 intend to continue <br /> marketing gravel directly from this site as before. This site has enough gravel to last many years. <br /> Location is close to development here and will not impact neighbors. f intend to have crushed <br /> gravel available to those that require it. <br /> The area to be mined is a mesa that has a natural 1:1 slope to the east. The amended <br /> portion needs to be added In order to best use this area and make it look well. Wben this pit <br /> was first planned there was no gravel pit in this area. When this neighboring pit is completed. <br /> the portion shown on the map, to be amended will be left high and dry. If mined out to match <br /> neighboring pit,water will run by gravity from source. The flat areas left after mining can be <br /> Irrigated, and grass planted to use for pasture etc. Fences will be on same level and easy to <br /> maintain. I plan to slope and seed banks the same as before. as material is removed, NOT <br /> LATER. Correction is expensive and difficult to obtain after material is gone, but the sloped <br /> linear distance will be less than the area permitted before. The entire area will fit into the <br /> landscape and look well. <br /> Before the dams were built in the area, this area was very arid. The water allocation was <br /> directed by the Bureau of Reclamation by soil classification. The area close to the rim has the <br /> least overburden almost none. As the distance increases from the rim, the depth of overburden <br /> also increases. There should be enough to put on pit for grass. By channeling waste water to <br /> these areas from land owned south of these areas, the grass can do well and any silt contained <br /> in this water will stop in the grass. The thickness of the deposit should be 30 to 40 feet. The <br /> man made structures(Delta-Montrose Electric Association)which have been relocated, will also <br /> add to the overall Improvement of mined area. <br /> The entrance road will remain the same as in permit before amended, because the <br /> amended portion follows the original direction of mining. <br /> Since I am part owner, if water is needed for dust control it will be available on a year <br /> round basis from decreed water owned out of Mexican Gulch, used to irrigate the bottom lands <br /> of this property. <br />