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MIMNG PLAN EXHIBIT C <br />We anticipate the life of this mine to be between 17 and 20 <br />years depending on the amount of material in the mine and the <br />market demand. The site is currently used as pasture and con- <br />sists of a gravel ridge south of Jarosa Canyon and 15 miles west <br />of Gulnare. The material on this site ranges from 5 to 100+ feet <br />deep. The usable soil covering the gravel averages 10 to 12 <br />inches deep. The gravel is exposed on the south side of the mine <br />above the road and can be seen lying on the surface in this area. <br />We plan to start mining in the southeast part of the site where <br />the road elevation will serve as the mine floor. As mining <br />progresses across the property the material gets deeper. This <br />will allow us to mine into the gravel bank working into the <br />deposit from the same elevation as the final floor. Thus creat- <br />ing a level area that "day lites" out the hill on the south side, <br />leaving an amphitheater like basin in the hillside when mining <br />ends. Initially a slight depression will be mined below the road <br />so surface water runoff can be contained on the site until <br />reclamation is complete. Slopes from the current surface to the <br />mine floor will graded 3h to Iv as mining progresses. <br />The material will be used to supply road base and pit run <br />fill material to our clients. The land will remain pasture as <br />mining progresses and once reclamation is complete the area will <br />be reseeded so it will have the same use. <br />Of the 9.99 acres ± in the permit area, approximately 9.].0 <br />acres ± will be mined and 0.89 acres ± will be setbacks around <br />the mined area. These setbacks are shown on the Mining Plan Map <br />and are 15 feet wide except where the pit road crosses the permit <br />boundary. <br />The sand and gravel will be excavated using frontend loaders <br />and dozers, it may also be moved to a conveyer, screened and <br />stockpiled. Mining will be done by loading material from the <br />working face into trucks or the processing plant with a frontend <br />loader. As the deposit deepens we may begin to push material <br />from the upper reaches of the mine to the floor. The RECLAMATION <br />MAP-E-2 shows how we think the area will look when mining ends. <br />On-site equipment may include, but is not limited to, a motor <br />grader, front-end loaders, motor scrapers, a dozer, conveyors, a <br />screening plant, dump trucks and a water truck. Processing will <br />be done on site to build material stockpiles that will be removed <br />as needed. <br />11 <br />