EXHIBIT A - LEGAL DESCRIPTION
<br />The WRC Gravel Pit entrance is approximately 16.8 miles northwesterly of the Town of
<br />Meeker. It is East off Rio Blanco County Road No. 5 immediately south of Colorado
<br />State Highway No. 64 and the White River.
<br />The total proposed permit area is 191.83 acres.
<br />LEGAL DESCRIPTION
<br />A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN SECTIONS 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 AND 16, TIN, R96W OF
<br />THE 6TH P.M., IN SECTION 1, T1N, R96W OF THE 6TH P.M. AND IN SECTION 36,
<br />T2N, R97W OF THE 6TH P.M, RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO, BEING MORE
<br />PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
<br />BEGINNING AT ANGLE POINT 4 (B.L.M. ALUMINUM MONUMENT) OF TRACT
<br />41 OF THE 1908 GOVERNMENT LAND OFFICE RESURVEY IN SECTION 6, TIN,
<br />R96W OF THE 6TH P.M. WHENCE THE SOUTHEAST CORNER (B.L.M.
<br />ALUMINUM MONUMENT) OF SAID SECTION 6 BEARS S21-34'l 5"E, 730.49
<br />FEET;
<br />THENCE S88°56'27"W, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID TRACT 41, 1144.96
<br />FEET TO A POINT, WHENCE ANGLE POINT 3 (B.L.M. ALUMINUM
<br />MONUMENT) OF SAID TRACT 41 BEARS S88°56'27"W, 1475.07 FEET;
<br />THENCE S88°56'27"W, 173.28 FEET; THENCE N74°56'06"W, 90.29 FEET;
<br />THENCE N5005I' 11"W, 125.52 FEET; THENCE N3 8'37'08"W, 186.29 FEET;
<br />THENCE N57°40'56"W, 410.72 FEET; THENCE N7703 1'18"W, 278.64 FEET;
<br />THENCE N34°33'58"W, 66.58 FEET; THENCE N42°1 5'07"W, 106.83 FEET;
<br />THENCE N49030'1 6"W, 115.20 FEET; THENCE N40'20'3 7"W, 151.07 FEET;
<br />THENCE N43°31' 16"W, 179.57 FEET; THENCE N45°42'41"W, 153.99 FEET;
<br />THENCE N37°52'35"W, 187.81 FEET; THENCE N34'22'1 5"W, 135.03 FEET;
<br />THENCE N3905 1'06"W, 61.37 FEET; THENCE N46°17'48"W, 195.20 FEET;
<br />THENCE N55°19'30"W, 111.28 FEET; THENCE N72°34'55"W, 411.07 FEET;
<br />THENCE N59021'51"W, 112.31 FEET; THENCE N43°42'07"W, 57.25 FEET;
<br />THENCE N21°20'22"W, 62.54 FEET; THENCE NO 1042'34"W, 147.95 FEET;
<br />THENCE N19°13'46"W, 56.90 FEET; THENCE N36°06'48"W, 228.85 FEET;
<br />THENCE N44°55'04"W, 50.37 FEET; THENCE N54°10'39"W, 46.67 FEET;
<br />THENCE N66°04'24"W, 56.74 FEET; THENCE N82°12'49"W, 103.61 FEET;
<br />THENCE N78021'53"W, 68.98 FEET; THENCE N69°58'52"W, 162.40 FEET;
<br />THENCE N80°45'41"W, 268.63 FEET; THENCE N73°52'37"W, 52.58 FEET;
<br />THENCE N64°07'25"W, 244.45 FEET; THENCE N66°35'08"W, 493.00 FEET;
<br />THENCE N62°37'32"W, 295.34 FEET; THENCE N67°43'20"W, 192.82 FEET;
<br />THENCE N58°55'29"W, 56.71 FEET; THENCE N47°59'54"W, 173.34 FEET;
<br />THENCE N54°51'53"W, 94.55 FEET; THENCE N60°55'46"W, 185.34 FEET;
<br />THENCE N49°37'12"W, 365.90 FEET; THENCE N00°38'36"W, 341.97 FEET;
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