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<br />1984 Reclamation Report ~'.;'~~1' ~:: J <br />Genstar Building Materials Company <br />Coaldale Quarry <br />.v <br />Reclamation efforts this year took place on three different sites which <br />total approximately 5.5 acres. Site A (see map) is a waste dump site ~ <br />on the south end of Gillespie Dump. The area was contoured and ripped <br />with the dozer in late July and was then seeded, fertilized and mulched <br />the first part of August. No shrub or tree seedlings were planted due <br />to the late completion date. Site B (see map) is the lower part of Zinc <br />Hill just above the haul road. It was an old high-wall area which was <br />reworked with the dozer during May of this year. The site was seeded, <br />fertilized, mulched and planted with 695 shrub seedlings. Site C (see <br />map) is on the lower part of Gold Hill and was contoured and ripped during <br />April. The site was planted with 304 tree seedlings and 150 bare root <br />Fourwinged saltbush. In June the site was seeded, fertilized, mulched <br />and planted with 32 Fringed sage and 16 Squaw Currant. <br />Phase I (site preparation) <br />All three sites were contoured and ripped using a dozer and left in rough <br />condition. The contouring and ripping leaves terraces on the slopes which <br />retain moisture and provide a flat surface in which seedlings are planted. <br />A D9L Caterpillar dozer was purchased last year by the company and enables <br />the working of steeper slopes and thus allows for better reclamation on <br />these slopes. <br />Phase II (Planting, seeding, fertilizing, mulching) <br />Phase II work began the latter part of April with the planting of 304 tree <br />seedlings and 150 bare root fourwinged saltbush by a crew from Colorado <br />Mountain College. In early June the same crew returned and planted 744 <br />shrub seedlings of various species. Seed and fertilizer was then broad- <br />cast and the sites mulched with straw. <br />Following is a list of the tree, shrub and seed mixture used along with <br />fertilizer rates. <br />Pinon Pine - Pinus edulis <br />Ponderosa Pine - Pinus ponderosa <br />Austrian Pine - Pinus eldericus <br />Blue Spruce - Picea pungens <br />Fourwinged saltbush - Artriplex canascents <br />Mountain Mahogany - Cercocarpus montanus <br />Fringed sage - Artemisa frigida <br />Crown Vetch - Coronilla varia <br />Three-Leaf Sumac - Rhus trilobata <br />Rubber Rabbitbush - Chrysothamnus nauseosus <br />Rocky Mountain Thimbleberry - Rubus parriflorus <br />Squaw Currant - Ribes cereum <br />Mountain Snowberry - Symphoricarpos oreophilus <br />