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After Phase 2 has been exhausted, all of Phase 1 will be sloped to no steeper than <br />3:1 using overburden on the north side. Excess overburden will be placed on pit <br />floor and covered with topsoil. A pit access road will follow the south pit <br />boundary leading to Phase 2. <br />Phase 3 will start as Phase 1 is reclaimed and Phase 2 mining is completed. Phase <br />3 contains 15.5 acres with an estimated 450,000 tons of gravel reserves. <br />Overburden and topsoil stockpiles will be located in a south to north berm <br />following the permit boundary on the west. Mining will proceed from the south <br />to the north. When the mining is completed and stockpiled materials removed in <br />this area, slopes will be graded to 3:1 or less using stockpiled overburden <br />stockpiled in Phases 2 & 3 and covered with topsoil. At this time, all roads and <br />wash plant areas will be reclaimed with the exception of the roads to be used in <br />future agriculture operations. <br />B) Loaders, excavators and dozers will be utilized during the stripping, mining <br />and reclamation operations. <br />C) When needed for dust control or washing operations, water will be supplied <br />by Diana Watson from an existing spring-fed pond adjoining the gravel pit. <br />Settling and recycle pits will be located in the southwest corner of the pit. No <br />water will be allowed to leave property. All water will be contained in the pit <br />with the overburden berms on the south side. <br />D) The approximate size of the pit will be 20 acres and we will be starting out <br />working a 720' gravel face moving easterly. <br />E) Mining in this permit would begin immediately with quantities removed to be <br />determined by the local market, <br />We anticipate approximately 40,000 tons per year to be removed with an <br />estimated 700,000 tons of gravel, we estimate approximately 17-20 years of <br />life of Phase 1 depending on market. The pit should move125' easterly each <br />year. Phase 2 should take approximately 10 years. Phase 3 should take <br />approximately 8 years. <br />F) This gravel pit is made up of sedimentary sand and gravel deposits. The depth <br />aries from 10 -14' thick with a layer of mancos shale beneath the gravel <br />reserves. Six to twelve inches (6 - 12") of topsoil lies on overburden deposits <br />which range from 1 - 3' in thickness. <br />~~ a o <br />