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The approximately three month long mining operations would consist of dozer operations plus <br />truck loader transport of spoils to spoil stockpiles and gravel to the processing area for screening <br />and crushing. No high wall mining will be used. Cut slopes will normally be 2 horizontal to 1 <br />vertical. Spoil slopes will be no steeper than 3 horizontal to 1 vertical. The processed material <br />would be stockpiled by stacking conveyors to select stockpiles. A water truck would be used for <br />dust control. <br />It is anticipated that the 3 months of operations would develop stockpiled material that would be <br />sufficient for ongoing sales throughout the off mining months. <br />4. Reclamation <br />Reclamation activities would continue normally after the mining months into the late fall. No <br />operations other than sales would occur during the winter months. <br />f) Deposit <br />The gravel pay zone occurs in a calcareous gravelly alluvium and is generally 9 to 11 feet in thickness. The <br />overburden consists of silty sandy loess that varies in thickness over the area. The gravel beds lie on top of <br />a weathered sandstone formation. It is estimated that approximately 800,000 to 1,000,000 tons of <br />recoverable gravel occur in the area of consideration. <br />g) No other primary or secondary commodities are to be mined or extracted. <br />h) No incidental products are to be mined /extracted by the proposed operation. <br />i) No explosives are anticipated to be used in the operation. <br />4 <br />