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Primary access to the property is through the Bunn Ranch site to the west. Given the maximum <br />production of the site coupled with the available trucks, it is estimated that a peak of 3-4 trips per <br />hours will utilize the haul route at maximum production. Since mining at Bunn Ranch will be <br />nearly completed at the start of the Gehrman Pit, the number of trucks transporting finished <br />product off of Bunn Ranch is not expected to increase. Only 30 ton capacity rock trucks will be <br />used to transport material from the Gehrman Pit to the Bunn Ranch processing facilities. Only 14 <br />ton and 24 ton capacity trucks will be used to transfer material off of the Bunn Ranch site after <br />processing. It is expected that 90% of the trucks moving the products off site will be of the belly <br />dump type. In order to control dust, water will be used on an as needed basis. <br />2. Mining Timetable <br />The following timetable is a best estimate of the sequence of operations for the life of the mine <br />after June of 2009 and is based on mining and selling 125,000 tons of total product per year: <br />Table D-3 <br />Task # Description Time Needed <br />(Months) <br />1 Prepare sediment pond and construct berm along Yampa <br />River branch <br />0.5 <br />2 Strip topsoil and overburden from phase 1. 1.0 <br />3 Mine phase 1. 26.4 <br />4 Mine phase 2 and reclaim phase 1. 31.6 <br />5 Mine phase 3 and reclaim phase 2. 33.5 <br />13 Reclaim phase 3 and the sediment pond. 2.0 <br /> Total months 95.05 <br /> Total years 7.92 <br />The mining schedule is planned to minimize disturbance by reclaiming areas as additional <br />mining is undertaken. Note: If large contracts are awarded to the site, production could increase <br />to the permit maximum, thereby curtailing the life of the pit. On the other hand, if contracts are <br />less than anticipated, the life of the pit could be extended. This table is based on a reasonable <br />projection of average production rates. <br />Gehrman Pit October 09 D-3