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<br />L~~ <br />' 4. Drilling and blasting will be done on a three to ten day <br />schedule. One blasting pattern will produce approximately <br />5,000 tons of minable material. <br />' S. This material loosened by blasting will be loaded by front <br />end loader to a grizzly and transported by conveyor to the <br />plant site. <br />6. Material from the conveyor will be placed in a surge pile <br />and later will be processed through the plant. <br />Cut Stone Operation <br />In Phases 9 and 10, Hallett Materials will operate a cut stone <br />quarry. Cut stone is used as decorative rock in buildings for <br />walls, sills, fascia, and caps. This area within the permitted <br />boundary shows the most variation in color, which is an important <br />factor for building stone. In addition, there is a small <br />abandoned cut stone quarry in these phases. Also Phases 9 and 10 <br />are separated from the main cut stone mining operation and will <br />' allow the stone cutters to pursue veins of colors in rocks <br />without being disturbed by the other operation. <br />The cut stone operation will be low volume and will produce a <br />' custom product for each individual customer's order. No blasting <br />will be used to loosen rock. The stone will be cut away from the <br />deposit by diamond industrial saws. Future technology may allow <br />' the use of water jets and sand jets to cut stone. Within the <br />immediate area of quarrying, we would anticipate from 2 to 4 <br />small sites of one acre each where the stone cutting will occur. <br />' Each area will have a particular stone color or texture in order <br />to fruit the customer's desires. The stone will be cut from the <br />deposit then loaded into trucks and hauled to the finishing shop <br />and loading area. Here cut trtone may be sore exactly dimensioned <br />and shaped. Also here stone cutters can put custom finishes and <br />textures on the face of the stone. we anticipate this trite will <br />contain approximately 5 acres. A schematic drawing of the area <br />' appears on Exhibit C. <br />Phases 9 and 10 have enough land to contain a cut stone operation <br />for many years. After the cut stone is exhausted, the operator <br />' will clean up the remainder of the resource with a crushed stone <br />operation. <br />The total proposed land area for the permit is :,600 acres. <br />Disturbed acreage for the total life of the mine will be 660 <br />acres. The large difference in acreage betHeen the permit <br />boundaries and mined area is due to the maintenance of a 500 foot <br />setback as required by County zoning and the avoidance of Wining <br />on steep slopes to minimize visual impact on surrounding <br />properties. <br />D-3 <br /> <br />