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EXHIBIT C - Mining Plan (6.3.3) <br />The primary mining plan is best described as one of mutual benefit to the landowner and <br />the operator. The landowner, John Martinez, currently has no access to the upper valley <br />terrace portion of his property. The operator/applicant has agreed to construct this access <br />in exchange for the export of rock removed in the process of building the access road. <br />(a) It anticipated that extraction will begin in early Mazch, 2007 and end in 2015. <br />It is the intent of the applicant that operations will be performed less than 180 <br />days per year at the site. <br />(b) Minimal soil suitable for plant growth medium exists within the lower potion <br />of the site. No soils aze present within the upper slopes of the property. <br />The soil that exists will be removed along the proposed road alignment and <br />from the process area and stockpiled as shown on Exhibit E. This soil will be <br />maintained such that it is preserved and protected. The stockpile will be <br />revegetated with an appropriate dry-land seed mixture to maintain organic <br />viability. <br />(c) As with the soils discussed above, there exists sparse overburden within the <br />lower section of the affected area. The sandstone deposit is at or neaz the <br />surface. No overburden is present within the upper sections. It is proposed that <br />the overburden removed will be placed in a linear berm along the down slope <br />portion of the road alignment. <br />(d) The overall depth of the sandstone deposit in this outcrop is well over 200 <br />feet. The maximum anticipated depth of excavation within the roadway is 45 <br />feet. <br />(e) Other than the road cut itself, the only other components include the proposed <br />processing and loading azea shown on Exhibit E. Uses in this azea will consist <br />primarily of sorting, stockpiling and loading, as well as employee parking. No <br />office or scalehouse facilities are proposed. <br />(f) The processing/ loading azea is expected to be an azea roughly 300 by 150 <br />feet. The dimensions of the overburden/ waste rock berm are dependent upon <br />the amount of material encountered. <br />(g) The proposed access roadbed is proposed to be 30 feet in width, with the <br />actual cut to range from 40 to 100 feet. The length of the road is still <br />undetermined. The final alignment will be based on the landowners preference <br />for access. <br />The existing entrance road is approximately 20 feet in width and 230 feet in <br />Length. Construction of the access road will begin at this point. <br />