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MINING PLAN EXHIBIT D (CONT) <br />product unless additional soil is needed for reclamation. If that <br />is the case some will be salvaged and saved for use in reclamation. <br />The soils have no unusual qualities and are marginal for <br />agricultural purposes because of the limited growing season and the <br />topography of this site. Descriptions for each soil are part of <br />the NRCS report that is in EXHIBITI/J of this application. These <br />descriptions are fairly consistent with what is found on the site. <br />Detailed information on current vegetation is also provided. <br />SITE INFORMATTON <br />Of the 94.14 acres ± in the permit; 81.28 acres ± are to be <br />mine, and 13.26 acres t will be undisturbed areas in the drainages <br />on the northeast, and northwest corners of the mine or in setbacks <br />along the permit line. No water surface area will be exposed since <br />this is a dry mine. Please refer to the MINING TIMETABLE on page 10 <br />for the estimated acreage of each area associated with the mining <br />plan for this operation. The revegetation plan and methods used in <br />each area during reclamation are discussed in EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION <br />PLAN. <br />Sufficient quantities of soil will be available to reclaim the <br />disturbed lands to their present condition. The soils in this area <br />may not be of the highest quality, but those salvaged and replaced <br />will represent what is there now. The topsoil stockpiles will be <br />located around the mine area on the final floor to reduce the haul <br />distances when reclamation starts. See the RECLAMATION PLAN MAP-MAP <br />EXHIBIT F for the approximate location of areas discussed in this <br />text. <br />This quarry will be operated year-around, weather permitting, <br />as a specification aggregate supply for the companies use or for <br />sale on the open market. During the winter months operations will <br />mostly be removal of stockpiled material produced during summer. <br />In some years the mine may be closed for as many as 120 days due to <br />inclement weather, i.e. heavy snow cover. <br />it is expected that the Cottonwood Quarry will be mined as a <br />single staged operation. Mining will begin in the south central <br />part of the site on a bench that exists above the county road. <br />For the first few years mining will progress from this level to the <br />north. Eventually this bench will be lowered until it reaches the <br />same level as the county road. This will mean that in the begin- <br />ning mining will work from the start point to the north creating <br />the upper part of the working face. Then when enough room is <br />available to set the processing plan in the mined area the starting <br />5 <br />