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<br /> <br />piled and scattered throughout the quarry and the road from,, <br />the Carden Road to the quarry was in bad shape, narrow and <br />obstructed in places with houlders and muddy areas. <br />There was a trail or road fron the quarry northward <br />to the Ranpart Range Road. This road has been in existent-. <br />since 1387. The word "road" must be defined by the evidence.. ' <br />This road is described as not being satisfactox-I for access. <br />There is evidence that some cars and motorcycles, also have used <br />• road. There is no evidence that the road was ever maintained;.. <br />pictures of the road indicate that it is more of a trail. , <br />The road to the quarry was realigned, widened,. and .. <br />roll areas built, and the goad 'surfaced with r. rterial, taxen <br />from the quarry. This work was done by Castle and started <br />Januarv 1970, and finished in.the spring, so that April 15th, <br />1970, a crusher was transported to the quarry. and installed: <br />there, and an iron"gate erecEed on the road. „ <br />Vor. at the auarrv,in 1970 was cleaning up, the. site <br />and selling some of the maLerial. extracted frozi the quarry -by•` <br />tne.previo", operator. The open area of the quarry•was exterde <br />eastward so as to expose ten to eleyen.acras. <br />Castle had the land tested and surveyed for nineral <br />deposits. The survey results shoe ore reserves in,the amount. <br />of 1,330,000 tons of high calcium limestone and 16,240,000 ton, <br />of dolomitic aggregate lime. Across Williams Canyon, there is <br />j an additional five million tons of dolomitic aggregate in Cast <br />owned land. <br />Castle has a plan for development of these•reserves <br />by underground mining reached by tunnel openings from the <br />•OVOrry ppenino. The nugrKv nmCnipa would be eipane4ed rq <br />