2009-05-29_REVISION - M1977211 ‎(6)‎

• Permit No: M1977211
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/29/2009
• Doc Name: Submittal
• From: Continental Materials Corporation
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR13
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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The first aerial photo of the site we have found was taken in 1947. Then the
operation was more or less in the middle of the current mining area and located
rather high on the mountainside. The operational area at that time is estimated at 15
to 20 acres, including the various support activities at the base of the
mountainside. In the mid-1950's, the site expanded to very nearly its current
dimensions. Historical records suggest the site was the primary aggregate source
used in constructing the United States Air Force Academy. About 1960, upon
completion of that project, the site was essentially abandoned. The site was then
under ownership of Golden Cycle.
Very little mining occurred between about 1960 and 1969. In 1969 Castle
Concrete leased the site from Golden Cycle. Little if any reclamation occurred after
the Air Force Academy Project. There is some evidence that some seeding
occurred on certain portions of the site, but most of the site was left in its post
mining condition. Nearly all subsequent vegetation growth on the quarry itself has
• developed through invasion of native vegetation into the rock rubble left after
mining.
Initially, Castle Concrete produced aggregate from existing stockpiles left
after the Air Force Academy project. Actual quarrying did not begin until late in
1970 or early 1971. Shortly after the start of Castle Concrete quarrying the company
purchased the site from Golden Cycle.
Much of the disturbed land at the site today was disturbed before Castle
Concrete began its operations. Only a small piece of land on the extreme north end
of the operation was additionally disturbed by Castle. Although no detailed maps of
the site exist from the period around 1970, photographs indicate that only about 5
acres of land has been additionally disturbed by Castle Concrete since the
company began operations.
The initial mine land reclamation permit (M1977211) for the site was issued
in 1977. The reclamation plan was subsequently amended in 1994, and 2001, with
numerous technical revisions to the plan over the life of the permit.
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