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transplants on site by layering, i.e. wounding and burying the creep- <br />ing branches of existing shrubs. The buried portion produces roots at <br />the wound. The following year, the branch is cut, the shoot and root <br />dug, and transplanted. The development waste rock stockpile area, <br />comprising an additional 3 acres at the east end of the mine yard, <br />will be similarly revegetated by 1979. (The project utilizing the <br />rock for reclamation of Urad will be complete by the end of 1977.) <br />The old batch plant area and the last two pre-mine buildings (totally <br />comprising about 5 acres) are presently being reclaimed. Reclamation <br />of these 23 acres as reclaimed in 1963 will leave 106 acres for <br />reclamation at mine closure. <br />When the mine closes, structures, etc., will be torn down, <br />salvaged and removed with the exception that sufficient facilities <br />will be maintained at the mine to continue pumping water from the <br />mine. Non-salvagable concrete will be blasted and buried in the cut <br />slopes. Asphalt will be torn up and buried similarly. Grading will <br />be limited to the provision of adequate drainage throughout the site. <br />The site will be ripped and revegetated using 30 tons of sewage sludge <br />and 20 tons of wood waste per acre as soil building amendments similar <br />to the process used for revegetating the Urad Mine tailing areas. <br />Previously revegetated areas will not be redisturbed during ultimate <br />reclamation. The vertical cut through solid rock on the south side of <br />the mine site will remain essentially unchanged and the shafts will be <br />sealed except for water handling facilities. <br />If sewage and/or wood wastes are not available, a.n appro- <br />priate quantity of straw bolstered with inorganic fertilizer will be <br />used as soil amendments. <br />9-10 <br />