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EXHIBIT B <br />• MINING PLAN <br />The MARVEL PIT is an existing open pit gravel mine that was ~.t one <br />time used as a sanitary landfill for the small community of *farvel and the <br />surrounding area. The County does not have any particular timetable for <br />mining operations to begin again at this pit. <br />La Plata County, at this time, does not own a gravel crusher. There- <br />fore, all other pertinent permits required will be the responsibility of <br />the crusher operator. <br />Mining of this pit will be conducted by first stripping any overburden <br />material clear of the gravel and stockpiling the overburden for future recla- <br />mation uses. It would be nearly impossible to determine the ranges of depth <br />and amounts of overburden existing within the affected area since most of it <br />• has already been removed. This stripping procedure will be accomp'~ished with <br />a crawler type tractor equipped with a dozer blade. ?faterial will then be <br />fed into the crusher with a front end loader. Processed gravel wi]_1 be stock- <br />piled on the site for future use. <br />The depth of previous extraction ranges from 5' to 20' at various loca- <br />lions within the affected area. Existing slopes within the area re.nge from <br />2:1 to 3:1. <br />The S.C.S. has recommended controlling the noxious weed problem during <br />gravel operations. La Plata County has a weed extermination program for its <br />rural County road right-of-ways. This program can be extended to the gravel <br />pit for control of the noxious weeds. <br /> <br />• DEC 3r, 1977 <br />IVI~IJC~ ~.; ~. ~i i. ~rCt l.i??;.T~7~1 <br />