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<br />• January 31, 1985 <br />Mr. David C. Shelton <br />Page 3 <br />1981 <br />Mining plan consisted of removing approximately one-half acre of topsoil <br />along a portion of the west side of the pit. <br />IJe then used the dragline to excavate a large area that was sticking out <br />into the pit which had been left from the initial excavation of the pit. This <br />souared up the entire western edge of the pit, making it ready for future <br />sloping and reclamation. <br />We also moved over to the north side of the pit later on in the year and <br />made another swath along the northern edge of the pit. Total affected land <br />was approximately one acre. <br />Reclamation for 1981 included taking over-burden from the west side of <br />the pit and spreading it in a low marshy area next to the southwest corner of <br />the pit. <br />Additionally, we sloped another 100 feet of bank on the southwestern side <br />of pit and covered it with topsoil. <br />Sometime in the future, we are planning on leveling, plowing and planting <br />alfalfa in the filled-in area next to the southwest corner of the pit. Future <br />plans also include installing a pivot sprinkling system in this area to water <br />the alfalfa growing around the pit area. <br />Total reclaimed acreage was less than one-half acre. <br />19 82 <br />Mining plan included changing our method of extracting gravel from using <br />a dragline, to dredging, and if that didn't prove successful, resume dragline <br />operations. <br />Most of the dredging operation turned out to be experimental and not much <br />production was achieved. We did however, find out that this material can be <br />pumped or dredoed, and that in 1983 some additional changes will hopefully let <br />us be successful. <br />Because we were getting behind in production, we had to strip over-burden <br />off of a small portion of land in the norhtwast corner of pit, and had to <br />resume excavation with the dragline. Total affected land was less than one <br />acre. <br />Reclamation included <br />west corner of the pit by <br />of the pit along the main <br />taking the. over-burden off <br />scraper and hauling it to <br />road for filling. <br />the land near the north- <br />another low area northeast <br />t98? <br />Mining plan included again using a dredge as our means for extracting <br />pitrun gravel from pit. We installed a hydraulic digger on end of suction line <br />on the gravel pump which was more successful than the year before, but still <br />we did not get the production we had hoped for. This process did not affect <br />any additional land. <br />Reclamation consisted of a minimal amount of bank sloping on west side of <br />pi[. We also drilled a well for the installation of a pivot sprinkler, but <br />could not afford to go ahead with complete installation. <br />