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2. 8 INDUSTRIAL WATER CIRCUIT <br /> Climax operates with a recycle industrial water cir- <br /> cuit. The system includes tailing delivery pipelines (8 and 11) , <br /> decantation and gravity flow (see Base .Map) to remove water from <br /> the tailing ponds; and reservoirs (Base Map) , pumping facilities <br /> (Base Map) and industrial water return lines (10, 13 , 29) complete <br /> the system. A more comprehensive description of the industrial <br /> water_ circuit is included in Section 8. under Water. <br /> 2. 9 AGGREGATE MINING <br /> Significant quantities of aggregate to. substantiate the <br /> operation are required of an industrial development the size of ' <br /> the Climax Mine. The Arkansas aggregate area (4) was opened for <br /> mining during 1962 . Previous aggregate sources have since been <br /> abandoned, some covered by tailing. <br /> To prevent water pollution from fine soil particles, <br /> the Arkansas River was diverted around the aggregate area and <br /> settling ponds were constructed to clear the water before it is <br /> recycled through the aggregate circuit. <br /> At the time this aggregate area was started, all top- <br /> soil was removed and stockpiled in the aggregate area (4) to be <br /> used for reclamation when the area was abandoned. In 1978 , the <br /> aggregate plant will be moved to the Kokomo aggregate area (part <br /> of 27) where production is expected to last seven years, after <br /> which time aggregate operations will return to the Arkansas area. <br /> 2-12 <br />