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U •, 'c `. ~2 1'ovE~and ~'Eady-c~/jix C'on~zE~, 9nc. ~~1 {gNCRETE, SAND 8 GRAVEL P.O. Box 299 Phone (303) 667-1108 Loveland, Colorado 80537 November 1, 1972 Colorado Bureau o£ Mines 1845 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Attn: Norman R. Blake Deputy Commissioner of Mines Gentlemen: We are submitting our outline of the plans and techniques which we are using and will continue to use in our gravel operations west of Loveland, Colorado. A complete legal description of the land and a map are enclosed. We have held off on this submittal waiting for an engineering firm we have hired to give us final plans. This is not forthcoming in the immediate future; we therefore submit this outline and will send you a copy of the engineering firms work when it is available. 1) We operate by surface excavation of gravel. The beds lay under 1 to 4 ft. o£ cover and are 12 to 18 ft. deep. We excavate to the full depth of gravel. 2) The area is river bottom and is shown as laying in the river flood plain by recent Army Engineers studies. We now farm that land which is not being excavated. 3) We do not return any of our wash water to the river, it is all ponded in prior excavations. These prior excavations are also used as a source of wash water we require. 4) Visual monitoring of the area combined with control of source and outlet of our wash water are used to monitor the effect of surface disturbance. 5) The area will be left as a series of lakes and dikes with land masses inter- spersed along the dikes. The lakes now and will continue to support Fish and wildfowl. The land areas are used to support trees, grass, and wildlife both bird and animal. The engineering study being made is to layout this resulting area in a pleasing and esthetic manner. 6) We progressively reclaim our land as we excavate. We estimate 15 to 20 years of gravel at our present usage rate.