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' MINING PLAN <br /> Mining will be accomplished over a five year period with <br /> ' concurrent reclamation of the site. <br /> Material is now being excavated at the base of the site to <br /> ' provide a level area for crushing, screening and stockpiling. <br /> ' The material excavated will all be used for production of <br /> road base and for gravel in asphalt paving. <br /> ' The mining sequence is as follows: <br /> ' I. Remove and stockpile topsoil <br /> 2. The aggregate is excavated and <br /> temporary stockpile. <br /> ' 3. Final reclamation, planting of trees <br /> and revegetation. <br /> The actual aggregate extraction process will commence at <br /> ' the base of the site and continue up the slope of the hillside <br /> with benches and slope ratio of 1/2:1. Bench widths will be <br /> 12 to 15 feet. The material will be excavated with a front- <br /> end loader and blasting may be required in localities where <br /> amphibolitic and granitic Iithologies predominate. Next the <br /> ' material will be stored in a temporary stockpile and then <br /> ' transported by truck to various locations in the area. <br /> Near the surface biotitic gneisses and schists are weathered <br /> ' to the point where they can be scooped out by a front-end <br />