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• When the Air Foe Academy was constructed, a gtlazry, then called the Lennox Breed quarry, was created at this site on quarry workings dating back to ~ the early 1900's. The quarry was operated by Peter Kiewit and Sons as a source of material for the Academy. In the early 1970's Castle Concrete assumed ownership of this quarry and it has become known as the Pikeview puarry. This quarry presents many problems with mining and reclamation. Over the years Castle Concrete has attacked many of these problems and resolved most to a very favorable degree. Recent residential development in the vicinity of the quarry has resulted in some difficulties and considerable extra expenses, but, at least to this point, problems with the local residents have not been severe. Castle Concrete also has other operations including a sand pit, a central processing area on the south side of Colorado Springs, as well as a leased operation (the Red Rock Canyon Pit) which is a source of decomposed granite aggregate. Castle Concrete also operates the Hobson Ranch Pit located on the Arkansas River about 20 miles vest of Pueblo as well Continental Pit #1 which was assumed from Castle Concrete's sister company Transit Mix Concrete also in Colorado Springs. Virtually all the rock from the Hobson Ranch Pit is hauled to Colorado Springs along Colorado Highway 115. This operation is a major source of river rock for Colorado Springs, a resource which, quite surprisingly, is scarce in Colorado Springs. Castle Concrete also has an upland gravel pit permit called the Hobson Ranch Pit #2, but it has not been opened due to the currently slow aggregate market. Castle Concrete is owned by a holding company in Chicago known as Continental Materials Corporation. This company also owns Transit Mix Concrete in Colorado Springs as rell as Williams Furnace, a real estate company, acid several other interests scattered throughout the United States. In the remainder of this presentation, the concentration will be on the reclamation activities of Castle Concrete, both past and present. This presentation will be a reasonably objective presentation of both the successes, problems and failures encountered over the years. Castle Concrete fully realizes that reclamation is a necessity and always tries to implement the most innovative approaches possible. In short, Castle Concrete is always trying to find new ways to do the job which are better as well as more cost effective. They realize it is a rare instance when a reclamation project can be done • 2