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ANN UAL REPORT <br />Operator: United Companies of Mesa County <br />Operation: Berry Pit <br />Pile Number: M-1977-132 <br />Anniversary Date: January 16, 2006 <br />The Berry Pit was active this year. The crusher crushed approximately 60,000 tons of <br />material. We crushed asphalt material and Class 6 roadbase. Our asphalt plant set up in <br />the pit one time during the year and produced approximately 26,000 tons of hot <br />bituminous pavement that was used on projects in the Meeker-Rangely area. The pit <br />continues to be used as a storage location for gravel products. <br />United Companies continued mining the west end of the area when the crusher was on <br />site. This mining area is shown on the map. Locations of existing stockpiles are shown <br />on the map as well. United is going to do some exploratory holes in the existing pit floor <br />to determine whether or not it would be worthwhile to mine deeper. The existing floor is <br />very hard to penetrate but there is more gravel available below the floor. The question is <br />how much. <br />I consider the weed management program successful, probably due to the dry conditions. <br />United has a weed management specialist contractor that visits our gravel pits twice a <br />year. <br />Sincerely, <br />Brent W. Kerr <br />Resource Manager <br />