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EXNIBI~' B <br />ASINING YLAl7 <br />This operation will be extraction only with no ou-site proc ssind. <br />It will be a comparatively low volume operation with clay a traction <br />projected to be in the 5,000-10,000 tons per year ranIIe. <br />As provided in Rule 1.6 - Cessation and Termination, Sectio 1.62, tl~e <br />applicant hereby states that t}ie affected lands could be us d less than <br />lII0 days per year. This is not to be construed by the Boar as a <br />cessation of operation. <br />The clay deposit ranges from 4' to 12' in thickness and is <br />. sandstone caprock ranging, in depth from 3' to 6'. The capr <br />burden will either be ripped or shot and then dozed to the <br />Topsoil is virtually non-existent on the caprock except for <br />pockets which will be segragated and stockpiled for replace <br />reclamation. <br />The proven clay lies roughly in 2 parallel fingers separate <br />scaail and running from northwest to southeast. Extraction <br />the eastern finger and proceed from northwest to southeast. <br />will be removed from the surface with a dozer. The clay de <br />extracted by front-end loader and loaded in haul trucl:s fox <br />the applicant's processing plant in Pueblo. <br />tlo Haul roads will be constructed. Access to the mine is <br />ranch roads. <br />Projected life of the proven deposit is estimated at 15 <br />lain by <br />over- <br />perimeters. <br />asional <br />in <br />by a small <br />11 begin ou <br />Tl~e caprock <br />sit will be <br />ransport to <br />r existing <br />• <br />