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<br /> <br /> <br />Laramie and the reds are obtained from the Upper Laramie. These <br />are the clays the operator generally uses for brick production. <br />Clsys to be mined lie in strata that dip 70 to 80 degrees to <br />the east. The strata are interbedded with sand. Approximately 40 <br />percent of the material to be mined is expected to produce waste <br />~ sand. The sands used at the brick plants generally are taken from <br />the Fox Hills Sandstone Formation because of their better <br />quality. <br />'.Jest <br />s w~. see .. ~,dl beds <br />.~ ~~ ~. S clays on beds East <br />urFace <br />_' ` •:: , <br />-FOX HILLS L' AMI ,t•'T ?."~'''~"'~`•••"' <br />SANDSTONE ~: : • ~ ARAPAHOE • •'~ <br />- - - ~•; FORMAT ION.•,::. <br />sands one ~ ~"`~sands~to ~es <br />SKETCH OF STEEPLY-DIPPING CLAYSTONE <br />BEDS IN THE LARAMIE FCRf1AT]ON <br />Soils and Overburden. An exploration drill hole program <br />encountered soils and overburden described as varying from zero to <br />five feet of soil and zero to twenty-two feet of overburden. <br />The detailed soils report in Exhibit I, prepared by itlark Heffner, <br />shows six distinguishable soil map units (see Exhibit I for details <br />concerning soils). <br />As a result of mining activity prior to the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act and its <br />era 1939 to 1976, appro <br />was disturbed and soils <br />stockpiled. This prior <br />soils for reclamation. <br />amendments, and specifically during the <br />ximately one-third of the surface area <br />were mixed with overburden and - <br />practice caused a shortage of <br />Since 1976 the operator has saved and will <br />9 <br />