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h. soils information; see Exhibit F information regarding soils from the Natural <br />Resource Conservation Service <br />i. aerial photos; see included aerial photo Display C -i <br />6.4.4 EXHIBIT D — Mining Plan <br />a. method of mining — A dozer, loader and/or trucks will be used to push, load and <br />haul topsoil to the topsoil stockpile. Depth of the topsoil ranges from 1 -12 inches. <br />1 -12 inches of topsoil will be removed and segregated. This stockpile will be kept <br />safe from damage and contamination from mining activities by isolating it away <br />from these activities. After the topsoil is relocated, the dozer and loader will <br />commence to excavate material (pit run). The loader will dump the pit run into the <br />hopper that feeds the crusher or screen, dumping onto the flat belt(s) that dump(s) <br />into trucks or onto a stacking conveyor that dumps the processed material on to <br />the processed material stockpile. <br />b. Earthmoving — earth moving will commence at the eastern portion of this pit, <br />moving west. <br />c. Water diversions & impoundments — water diversions and impoundments will be <br />constructed only to prevent storm water runoff. The size of the diversion/berm <br />will be approximately 1- 1 1/2 feet in height, a typical motor grader moldboard's <br />height. The location of the diversion/berm will be approximately 10 feet inside <br />the permit boundary where existing slopes allow, further inside if necessary. A <br />small impoundment "pond" may be utilized toward the SE corner of the site to <br />prevent storm water runoff. Captured water will be allowed to evaporate naturally <br />or will be filtered prior to exiting the site. <br />d. Size of area to be worked at any one time — app. 10 acres <br />e. App. time table describing the mining operation — if everything goes as planned, <br />we'll commence earthmoving in the fall of 2012 followed shortly thereafter with <br />material processing. We'll reclaim excavated sites when practical as excavation to <br />adjoining areas occurs using these materials to reclaim previously excavated <br />areas. <br />i. Estimated time for each stage — the entire excavation of the site should take <br />app. 10 years. There will be periods when this pit is idle but still active. <br />Reclamation should be completed within 5 years once mining activities <br />cease. <br />ii. Description of size and location — we're anticipating the size to be app. 10 <br />acres being worked at any one time. The location will vary as deposits are <br />exhausted. <br />iii. Sequence of each stage — we're anticipating starting at the eastern portion of <br />the site, mining toward the west. <br />f. <br />i. Nature, depth and thickness of product to be mined and overburden — nature <br />of the product is rock to be processed into road base, depth to product from <br />current surface elevation varies from appr. 6" to appr. 5', thickness varies <br />from appr. 5 to appr. 25 feet. The type of overburden to be removed is a <br />rock and dirt mix. <br />ii. Nature of the stratum immediately beneath — nature of stratum immediately <br />beneath the material to be mined appears to be clay <br />