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Highway trucks will haul sellable material to market from the processing site. Truck traffic will <br />utilize Highway 141. on occasion, a portable hot-mix asphalt plant may be transported to the site <br />for local paving work. <br />The gravel thickness is approximately 0-29 feet. The overburden that is encountered will be used <br />as a thick subsoil for plant growth and is expected to vary between 0-9 feet. Overburden will be <br />placed back on the pit floor as the pit advances as shown on the Reclamation Plan Map. <br />2. Mining Timetable <br />The following table (Table D-2) is a best estimate of the sequence of operations for the life of <br />the mine and is based on producing 75,000 tons per year. <br />Table D-2 Craig Ranch Pit Mining Sequence <br />Year Production per phase Comments Length of time to <br /> ear tons com lete ears <br />2011 - 1 Site Preparation, Topsoil stripping, build the access road. 0.3 <br />2011- Mine in Mining Area 1, stockpile topsoil and overburden. Build the <br />2017 75,000 2 containment ditches in the northern portion of the mining areas as 5.6 <br /> shown on Map C-2. Seed the stockpile. <br />2017- Mine in Mining Area 2, stockpile topsoil and place the overburden <br />2020 75,000 3 encountered on the pit floor where available, to the elevation and 3.1 <br /> slopes shown on Ma F. Seed the stockpiles. <br />2020- 75,000 4 Mine in Mining Area 3, create the islands of backfill material to be <br />3 <br />3 <br />2023 topsoiled as shown on Map F. . <br />2023- Mine in Mining Area 4, place the overburden encountered on the pit <br />2026 75,000 5 floor and sideslopes to the elevation and slopes shown on Map F and 2.7 <br /> direct place topsoil in Mining Area 3. Seed the reclaimed areas. <br />2026- 75,000 6 Mine in Mining Area 5,create the finished islands in Mining Area 2,3 <br />4 <br />0 <br />2030 and 4. Seed all reclaimed areas. . <br />2030- Mine in Mining Area 6 while creating a temporary road realingment <br />2031 75,000 7 to the south. create the finished islands in Mining Area 2,3 and 4. 1.2 <br /> Seed all reclaimed areas <br />2031- _ 8 Replace the BLM road through Mining Area 6. Replance all <br /> <br />2031 <br />stockpiled Topsoil, remove wash plants and product stockpiles. 0.3 <br /> Total 90? <br />Craig Ranch Pit, March 2011 D-2