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. ~ ~ Page 3 <br />3. Location of stockpiles of both topsoil and product <br />will be noted. <br />Exhibit E - Reclamation Plan <br />1. It has been the policy of this county to grade slopes <br />so that the grade is no steeper than k:l. Ihave tried•to use <br />ti.is policy in developing reclamationlplans. In the past <br />we have had some pits where the mining left steep banks, <br />and the land owner wants them left to provide a windbreak. <br />There is something about a bare area behind a windbreak that is <br />attractive to cattle in the winter time. l,know this from <br />experience as I had such a pit on my ranch. Strangely this <br />bare floor of the pit is not subject to erosion as bad as <br />open fields or hilltops. The floor is protected from wind <br />erosion, and it is flat enough so that what water we get <br />from rain does not wash. The streambed gravel pits have <br />no vegetation in the streambed and very shallow banks. <br />.hen the stream floods everything is returned to normal. <br />Gravel is replaced from gravel further upstream. Every <br />effort will be made to revegitate those areas near stream- <br />bed pits that are used for stockpiling, parking and maneuvering. <br />2. All of our streambed pits are what you call ephemera <br />drainage. In s~;me cases there are banks steeper than 3:1 <br />caused by nature and the natural washing action of the stream <br />wi;en it is flooding. These banks are not disturbed by our <br />mining operation and because it is a natural development <br />we w ill not change it. <br />3. Deptki of topsoil. This is most difficult. In some of <br />areas of hillside pits topsoil is very thin to beg in with. <br />I called the AEG office for a definition of topsoil and in <br />the discussion learned that the average depth of topsoil in <br />Lincoln County is from 6 to $ inches in most areas. <br />The topsoil in this country is underlaid witha layer of adobe <br />and/or clay. This material is also used by plant life. The <br />roots of the prairie grasses often go dc~.~n to a depth of <br />six feet or more. The SGS feels that this soil when properly <br />Fertilized will sustain plant life. So in our reclamation <br />plan we will grade the area to match the surrounding area, <br />spread the overburden material evenly and put what topsoil <br />we ::eve on top this and fertilize and se el according to <br />CGS recommendations. <br />IP4PORTAiICE Cr ~.ATEF. <br />1. This matter is being brought to your attention to explain <br />wiry in many cases the reclamation plan will include the <br />leaving of any water holes that have been developed as a <br />side affect of the mining. In ti;is rangeland area water is <br />just as important as grass. If there:. is no water then the <br />grazing animals cannot use the grass. In this area there <br />is very little natural water. Nost has to be developed and <br />is usually furnished by windmills and pipelines. <br />