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1 Bluestone and Section 16 Wildlife Issues Report Western Aggregates, Inc <br />' Run-of-mine pit material would first be hauled by truck to the processing facility. Oversized <br />material (> 18 in. boulders) would be scalped off by a flat grizzly and stockpiled for sale. <br />' The primary jaw crusher would reduce the gravel and feed the first scrubber, which is a <br />rotating water-filled drum that imparts a grinding and scrubbing action to the gravel slurry. <br />' Clay and dirt are disintegrated and directed to the settling pond, while the coarse gravel is <br />conveyed to the secondary crushing, screening, and washing circuit. After re-scrubbing, the <br />gravel undergoes final sizing, screening, and washing, and is stockpiled according to customer <br />' requirements. <br />t 2.1.5 MINE PHASING <br /> The new land to be added to the eldsting permit has been divide d into 6 phases, depicting <br />' the advance of mining from the existing mine to the east and then north. Pertinent data on <br /> these phases are as follows: <br />1 <br /> Phase Acreaee Tonnage (in placel No. of Years <br /> to Mine <br />' <br /> 2 19.1 1,844,700 3.1 <br />' 3 18.9 <br />4 22.4 1,648,520 <br />2,026,085 2.7 <br />3.4 <br /> 5 25.3 2,567,754 4.3 <br />' 6 30.3 2,870,448 4.8 <br /> 7 17.6 1,509,018 2.5 <br />' Totals 133.6 12,639,404 21.0 <br />' Note: Table assumes 1.5 tons per bank cubic yard of in-place gravel and plant capacity of <br />600,000 tons of pit run feed per year. <br />' 2.2 SECTION 16 SITE <br />' 2.2.1 OVERVIEW <br />' The Section 16 site encompasses Section 16, Township 2 South, Range 70 West. It contains <br />640 acres. The surface and mineral rights are owned by the State of Colorado Land Board. <br />The State has ]eased the minerals to Western Aggregates, Inc. The State has also leased <br />' a number of rights-of-way throughout the property to various parties for utilities, railroad <br />trackage:, and water storage purposes. Oil and gas, clay, and coal rights have also been <br />' ]eased (WAI has leased the clay and coal). <br /> <br />Western Eon stems, Inc. 4 December, 1994 <br />