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<br />March j~ ]g86._~ <br />Mr. David C. Shelton <br />Page Z <br />Summary of Reclamation Completed 1978-1985 <br />1978 <br />The first year, our reclamation plan consisted. of first, sloping Che <br />east and south sides of our pit. This was done with a D-9 dozer. Imme- <br />diately following, a scraper deposited over-burden, which was removed from <br />the. dragline excavation area along the east and south banks. The dozer <br />was again used to push the topsoil down and over the sloped banks. <br />In addition to using topsoil on banks, the excess was hauled by scraper <br />~o fill ir•. an old pit -orth •~f offi~P; whtrh was termed "fill in area" in <br />our mining and reclamation plan. <br />Approximately two to three months after topsoil had been prated on <br />banks, numerous types of vegetation started [o appear and take hold. <br />At the present, there are native willow trees, sunflowers, natural <br />wheats and grains, wild grasses, alfalfa plants, sweet clover, wild flowers, <br />and many other numerous plants and shrubs growing alono the banks. <br />Also that same year, we stocked approximately two hundred to four hundred <br />rainbow [rout, two .CO four inches long. By the fall of that same year, <br />some of [hem had grown to five or six inches long. <br />Total affected land for 1978 amounted to between five and six acres. <br />Total reclaimed land for 1978 ar:aunted to between two and three acres. <br />t979 <br />The second year our mining dlan consisted of removing over-burden on <br />approximately one acre of land along the north bank of the pit, and then <br />making two swaths with [he dragline, excavating pitrun gravel to a depth of <br />about 15 feet. <br />Reclamation consisted of taking the over-burden to the old pit that we <br />are reclaiming north of our office. Also a chain link fence was installed <br />along the north side of this fill-area. <br />Total amount affected land was two acres. Total amount of reclaimed <br />acreage was less than one acre. <br />t98o <br />Our mining plan again consisted of removing approximately one acre of <br />topsoil along [he north bank of the. pit. We went back in with the dragline <br />and made two more swaths excavating to a depth of 15 feet. Total affected <br />land was one acre. <br />Reclamation consisted of sloping another 100 feet of bank along the east <br />side of pit. This continued the sloping from the previous two years in a <br />northerly direction. After sloping, topsoil was spread approximately six <br />inches deep on [his area. <br />Excess topsoil was again hauled by scraper to fill in area by office. <br />Total reclaimed acreage for the year was less than one acre. <br />r~ <br />