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Additional Sheets 2003 Annual Report Pueblo West Pit M-1977-573 Transit Mix of Pueblo Anniversary Date: March 22 RECEIVED MAR Z 4 2003 Division ~f Minerals and Geology Overview of Petmit Year: During the 2002/2003 operating year what little ruining activity occurred happened on the north side of the river. Early in the year, the mining stopped as there was no more material to mine. The amount of land disturbed in the last year is the same as the previous year. All remaining overburden has been stockpiled and is drawn from to do slope reconstruction. Future mining activity is shifting to the East Pit east of Pueblo. The Salty Soil Remedial Pxogxam, discussed elsewhere, continued on the east end of the property. The rest of the operation remained much as it had in previous years. In fact, on the west end of the operation, south of the river, the only change was a 1.2 acre reduction in exposed water as a result of continued sIltation from the washing processes. No additional washing is done and all water entering this lake is dewatering water from the north side of the river. Some additional backfilling of this lake may occur in the next year as the site is brought to a conclusion. The bond continued at $343,323.00. Affected Lands: This operation, containing 296.22 acres, can be divided into many different categories of affected land. These categories range from extraction to xevegetation. Fox purposes of this report, affected land means any land disturbed but not released from bond. That is, any land previously permitted, but released from bond, is not included in the affected land total. The following table summarizes some of the acreages in broad categories. With the exception of a 1.2 acre decline in ""Total Water Surface (13onded)" the values axe the same as they were in 2002. Acreage Accounting all three rima annual re ort ma s combined Total Affected Land (Bonded) 234.85 acres Total Water Surface (Bonded) 20.19 acres Total Soil Replaced (Bonded) 72.7 acres Total Revegetation in progress 35.75 acres Revegetation: Revegetation patterns on the Divelbliss portion of the xevegetation area on the east end of the operation continue to exhibit many of the same patterns as before. Fox the Litvak area please refer to the Salty Soil Remedial Program described below. Development of an irrigation and weed control program is currently underway. Work is continuing with Pueblo County and the city to convert this land into a large park area. Transit Mix of Pueblo 2003 Annual Report M-1977-573 Pueblo West Pit Page 1 of 2