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EXHIBIT D - Mining Plan <br />a) Mining will utilize the following operations: <br />i) Use of scraper to remove and stockpile existing top soil <br />ii) Utilize scraper to remove and stockpile any overburden <br />iii) Utilize dozer to push up gravel <br />iv) Utilize a frontend loader to load material onto trucks. <br />b) The site will be mined to approximately 35 feet deep. Mining will be done on <br />a 2:1 slope down to the bottom of the pit area. Topsoil ranges from 5" in <br />depth to 10" in depth at the southeast corner. The topsoil will be stripped, <br />stockpiled, and utilized when the pit is reclaimed. <br />c) There are no anticipated water diversions or impoundments. There is no <br />surface water at the site. When rainfall occurs, the pit area may be <br />unworkable for a few days. Since the use of the pit is intermittent, we will be <br />able to work around those occurrences. <br />d) Our intent is to work approximately 10 acres during each of the four mining <br />phases. <br />e) The mining plan is to begin on the east side at the north end of the pit. We <br />will remove top soil by scraper and create a stockpile on the east side on the <br />south half of the pit. Overburden will similarly mined and stockpiled in a <br />separate pile to the west of the topsoil. When area number one is mined, the <br />overburden will be spread out and a 3:1 slope established on the north and east <br />sidewalls. Topsoil will then by hauled by scraper onto the freshly placed <br />overburden. Area one will then be seeded according to the reclamation plan. <br />The next 10 acre area to be mined will be to the west of area one. The third <br />area will lie immediately south of area 2, and the last area will be the <br />southeast corner of the pit. <br />i) Since the pit will be used on an intermittent basis, it is difficult to <br />estimate the time it will take to mine each of the four areas. We will <br />estimate that it will take five years to mine each of the four areas. <br />ii) Area one will be 10 acres and is located in the northeast comer of the <br />pit. Area 2 will be 10 acres and is located in the northwest corner of the <br />pit. Area 3 will be 10 acres and is located in the southwest corner of the <br />pit. Area 4 will be 10 acres and is located in the southeast corner of the <br />pit. <br />iii) Area one will be mined first, followed by area 2, 3, and 4 as described <br />above.