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Page 12 of 19 0 <br />sell it rather than maintain the property after mining and <br />reclamation are complete. <br />2. 12 shares of CCC water would only reclaim approximate 7 acres <br />with a flood irrigation network. Since this is a small acreage and <br />WFC does not desire this sort of Post Mine Vegetation/Land <br />Use, the Division has granted a change to a Dryland Pasture <br />status. <br />3. The property will receive mixed topsoil , but the surface will not <br />be rock picked. The litter will be left on the surface to assist in <br />erosion control plus shrubs and grasses tend to do better in a <br />more rocky environment. The Post Mine Vegetation and Land <br />Use will be Dryland Pasture <br />Item 6: Inches of water needed and sizing of a pressurized sprinkler system to <br />grow a successful stand of alfalfa was discussed <br />1. Ross Gubka from WFC gave a talk on how the Colorado <br />Cooperative Company, the "Ditch" operated and how water <br />share ownership and distribution worked in the Nucla area. He <br />then went into how the NRCS and other governmental agencies <br />determined the amount of water different species of grasses and <br />alfalfas needed on a daily/weekly/bi-weekly bases to be a highly <br />productive crop and considered to be at a high level of farm <br />management. Then he went into how to design a side roll <br />sprinkler system and all the factors that went into how to operate <br />and size a system. In conclusion, Ross felt that with the limit of <br />only 50 leased shares of CCC water on the Morgan Property, <br />two ( 2) 1,400ft long side rolls servicing 25 acres each would be <br />a reasonable fit. He also said that the western most block field <br />just north of Mr. Frank Morgans house would be an ideal <br />WFC Exhibit 9 <br />Page 12 of 19