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EXHIBIT D <br />flINING PLAN AND TIMSTABLB <br />Location and Access <br />The approximate center of the affected land is located 2.00 <br />miles northeast of Dotsero, Colorado. This is a very remote site <br />and cannot be viewed from Interstate 70 to the south, Access is <br />from Interstate Highway 70, to the Dotsero exit, east along north <br />frontage road approximately 3/4 of a mile, then 3/4 of a mile north <br />along a dirt road to the affected land. Road between I-70 and the <br />affected lands boundary is a BLM access road and is not part of <br />the affected land. The portion of the road across the affected <br />lands may be rerouted but will remain after mining is complete, <br />it is used as access to BLM property and will not be reclaimed, <br />All other roads constructed for mining purposes will be reclaimed <br />unless otherwise designated by the reclamation plan. <br />J History <br />Robert E, and Sandra K. Whitman purchased Dotsero Block, Inc. <br />in July of 1984 from George Morrison and Don Jensen who operated <br />J the company for 14 years. When they purchased the operation they <br />were under the impression that all mining claims and reclamation <br />' was in order. Historically, Dotsero Block, Inc, has mined cinder <br />for use in concrete block manufacturing at the company owned plant <br />facility located southwest of the mine. Some of the overburden <br />cinder material is sold to the State and County Highway Departments <br />' for road sanding material. B. L, M, is currently selling the trees <br />on the property to firewood suppliers. <br />' Current Conditions <br />Map Exhibit C shows the outline of the affected land, touching <br />' landowners, topography, hydrologic factors and existing facilities. <br />The dominant use of the affected land and surrounding land are <br />' mining and B.L.M. multiple use recreation land; other uses occur <br />to a lesser extent. The surface ownership is by the Bureau of Land <br />1 <br />6 <br />1 <br />