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<br />EXHIBIT B <br />MINING PLAN <br />This clay body is typical of most others in Pueblo County. <br />Topsoil is scarce to nonexistent. caprock covers the ore <br />body and is roughly the same thickness as the ore body - 10 <br />to 15 feet. The previous operator was able to remove the <br />caprock with a backhoe and/or ripper, and the applicant will <br />continue this method for caprock removal. The clay body will <br />be extracted in the same manner, or by front end loader. <br />As indicated on the map, Exhibit C, a small area on the <br />southeast was mined by the previous operator. Mining will <br />proceed north and west from this face. The caprock <br />overburden will be stockpiled on the south and east perim- <br />eters for replacement in reclamation. There will be no pro- <br />cessing on site. The clay will be loaded on single axle <br />trucks for transport to the applicant's processing plant in <br />• Canon City. <br />Extraction of the oxe body will leave a level pit floor for <br />reclamation with a slight pitch to the south to effect <br />positive drainage. The south and east perimeters will day- <br />light to existing contours. The backsloping contemplated <br />will be on the north and west perimeters and will be at 3H:iV <br />or flatter. At some time in the future, depending on busi- <br />ness demand, it could become necessary to expand the permit <br />area to a 112 permit. <br />As provided in Rule 1 " General Provision 1.62", the appli- <br />cant hereby states "that the affected lands are to be used <br />for less than one hundred eighty days per year." This is <br />further dictated by the State Board of Land Commissioners, <br />Lease No. CY 3127 which states in part: <br />"Access to this lease will be restricted to the period from <br />November 1 through the following January 31 or a similar <br />three-month period to be mutually agreed upon by the State or <br />its mineral lessee and the officer of the Government having <br />jurisdiction over the premises." <br /> <br />