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system to extract the gold. Material exiting this sluice box system would then be run through a <br />sand screw, which is designed to separate the water from the sand/small gravel material, <br />minimizing the need for settlement ponds. <br />The applicant is proposing to use rubber or other material to cushion the sound associated with <br />gravel movement on belts and tables. The applicant is also proposing to use a plastic liner in the <br />trommel to cushion noise. <br />The larger material exiting the end of the trommel would be run over a shaker screen and <br />separated into two or three sizes of material between 3/8 to 4 inches in size depending upon <br />market needs. A schematic of the operation is shown below in Figure 3. Use of material could <br />range from road base to landscape rock and use in concrete. Figure 4 contains a flowchart that <br />illustrates the flow of mining activities. <br />Figure 3: Modified drawing submitted by applicant hat illustrates what a typical placer gold /gravel operation would look like. <br />The mine /milling equipment being proposed is expected to look very similar to this illustration. The equipment located below the <br />screening section (and not identified on this illustration) consists of dual sluice boxes. <br />6 <br />