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F.XIIIBIT D -Mining Plan <br />The proposed mine site is located approximately six and one half miles east of the city of <br />Montrose and about 3/4 mile south of US Highway 50. The property consists of 39.74 <br />acres within 1128 acres owned by Nick H Gray. The area to be mined is a series of <br />small gravel ridges sparsely covered by cedar and pinion trees and sagebrush. The gavel <br />ridges to be mined run generally east from the larger north and south trending ridge on <br />the west. A ridge runs west fo east to the north of the permit boundary and another large <br />ridge east of Kinikin Road and north of the permit boundary is the site of Montrose <br />County Cedar Creek Pit These ridges shield this operation from view of the highway. <br />South of the area to be mined is a creek bottom that caries spring water to a larger creek <br />east of the property along Kinikin road, then down to Cedar Creek. There is an existing <br />farm access from Kinikin Road about'/+ mile past the county pit access and a little more <br />than 3/, mile from US Highway 5t1. A haul road will be birth along the north side of the <br />large draw on the south side of the permit area to reach the relatively flat area on the <br />upper flank of the northlsouth trending ridge. A commercial a~ permit is being <br />applied for from Montrose County. <br />Mining will commence on the northwest corner of the property and proceed east and <br />south along the smaller gravel ridges. Gravel will be excavated to the underlying shale, <br />moving down slope in lifts of approximately twenty feet As each lift is completed, the <br />slopes will be graded to match the surrounding topography leaving a gradual slope from <br />west to east along the east flank of the large northlsouth trending ridge. Trees and brush <br />will be removed with a dozer and piled at various locations on the perimeter of the mined <br />property as wildlife habitat Any available topsoil will be salvaged and stockpiled on the <br />west and north sides of each liR to be spread on the remaining slopes after gravel <br />extraction and final grading. The slope will then be revegetated with grass and shrubs <br />recommended by the Soil Conservation Service to a Seal use as rangeland The <br />constructed haul road will remain as a farm road for the landowner's use after mining and <br />reclamation are completed <br />Mining will be done with dozers, front-end loaders and excavators. Gravel will be loaded <br />on dump trucks with rubber-tired loaders and hauled off site or stockpiled for later <br />hauling. A crusher may be an the site penodicalty to crash and screen material to be <br />stockpiled and hauled as needed. An asphah plant ~y be on site occasionally if <br />contracts for asphalt are secured by the opetaior. The crasher and asphalt plant are not <br />penmarrently installed equipment and we anticipate their operation from 4 to 12 weeks at <br />a time on an as needed basis. <br />Mining will commence in sprang 200r{and continue on an as needed basis until all gravel <br />has been removed from the permitted area. While it is not possible to predict exactly <br />how long this will take, it is estimated that this mine will be in operation for forty fo fifty <br />years. <br />The following narrative addresses the itemized requirements of the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology. <br />