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EXHIBIT 1 <br />SOILS <br />Three basic soil units which occur on the mine site are <br />described below. A fourth soil type can be identified in a few <br />locations, but it does not constitute more than two to four <br />thousand square feet over the entire area. <br />Rock Gutcroo. The soil is primarily weathered granitic <br />parent material found on narrovr ledges of cliffs that range from <br />vertical to near-vertical. It is estimated about 5 percent of <br />the affected land is occupied by these cliffs; actual soil cover <br />on the cliffs is about 25 percent of the cliff area, or about 1 <br />to 2 percent of the area to be permitted. <br />The soil is a sandy, gravelly loam which contains, at best, <br />25-30 percent less than 2 nun.-sized particles and essentially no <br />clay-sized particles. It is extremely droughty; only highly <br />drought-resistant plant species can survive in this soil. The <br />depth ranges from about one inch to as much as four or five <br />inches. No stratification is evident, and the only horizon <br />present is the "C" horizon. Color is essentially identical to <br />the parent rock. <br />Salve.ge vaould be impossible with anything other than buckets <br />and garden towels. The soil would be worthless as a growth <br />medium. P+1ost of this soil occurs outside the area to l,e <br />26 <br />