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according to a cook recipe and thev also realize ere will be failures and <br />inexplicable problems, but in my experience, when a problem occurs they are <br />always interested in trying to find a solution rather than trying to just cover <br />it up with stopgap measures. <br />On the other hand, Castle Concrete does not mine aggregate so they can <br />reclaim land. Such an approach is pointless. They produce rock so as to <br />create a profit, but realize that a responsibility of producing rock is <br />rehabilitation of the damages. In at least one instance, expensive adjustments <br />have been made in operations to maximize both the production of the resource as <br />well as taking a gamble that the future land will have greater value. In <br />recent years, mining companies have had to take a hard look at the multi- <br />sequential land use concept and in many instances St has paid off handsomely. <br />In today's world it is folly to not take this approach. <br />H4HSQN 88~CCdi PIT <br />OPERATION DESCRIPTION: This operation is a fairly typical bottomland sand and <br />gravel pit. It operates on the north side of the Arkansas River and is located <br />about 20 miles west of Pueblo just east of the Pueblo/FYemont County line. <br />The operation mines a layer of gravel about 20 to 30 feet thick which is <br />capped with a few inches to several feet of a sandy loam overburden. The <br />climate is charactezized as dry and hot. <br />The land is leased from the owner, Hobson Ranch Inc., a Colorado <br />Corporation. The president of Hobson Ranch Inc. is Charles Hobson, a <br />descendent of one of the pioneer Pueblo families. Mr. Hobson lives a short <br />ways from the operation and keeps close tabs on vhat is occurring. This is an <br />advantage to both the company and to Mined Land Reclamation. He is available <br />on a daily basis to monitor the operation and its reclamation. <br />MINING CONSTRAINTS: When the operation was first permitted in 1974 several <br />constraints were imposed. One set of constraints in particular has forced <br />Castle Concrete to take a rather innovative approach to mining and reclamation. <br />3 <br />