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EYHIBIT C PRE-MINING PLaN AND MINING PLaN ~fAP OF ,AFFECTED L:?ND • Overview The is a request of mine sand material from a -45+ acre parcel located 7 mile north of Byers. ThR T/_~ ~_is located along west Bijou Creek, where sand has deposited. 1'he 4n+ acre area is part of a lar~' _ =e~ropert}• owned by the applicant. The permit • area h s no structure~n it, although there is a barn a 1/l± mile to the west locat_a on the same properti - The material would be e~:ported for use in [oundation bac;.fill pro.iects, ar.d County or State Hightaa~- pro.iects in the area. There is also the possibly the material could be used in the construction • of the two airports to the west (Denver lnternational and Front ~ Ran A1. Since e~: ort of material off of the g_ p property is involved, County land-use approvals are necessarc as in a NLRB permit. Existing Site Description • The site is located i+_ miles north of Byers, ~± miles north of the U.S. 36 (County linel, and 1/-4~ mile west of the County road i;nown as Calhoun-Byers Mile Road. The site is a fairly level one. except for the draw area created bv- the intermittent flowing of West Bi.iou Creep which traverses the • proposed permit area. The total elevation fall over *_he distance of the site I1/ii+ mile east-west x 1/_+ mile north south) is approximately 15+ feet. The site is located in the draw which has been formed by the Creek and is not easily visible from the County Road. ~• The permit area itself can be divided into three basic areas: 1. fhe south 100' is where a 30' access road from the County road traverses the permit area and previous excavation has been undertaken. The area mined for sand in the past was prior to permits being required, and for uses on the property recently. • For instance, sand from the excavation area was used as foundation fill for the barn structure on other portions of the property. This access road will remain after e::cavation to proviite access to the western portion of the property where the barn is located. • ". The second basic area of the permit area, is the bare usually dry West Bi.iou Creep channel area approximately 100' wide, which traverses the permit area from south to north. The channel is a dry' creek bed which only runs after upstream storm events. usually in the spring and early summer. There is no topsoil and the surface is predominantly bare sand with • little if any vegetation, except for some volunteer cottonwood trees along the edges. •