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Table 2.04.3 -3 New Horizon North Mine Area Montrose County Assessor's Abstract Codes. Land Parcel Land Taxation Abstract Codes (Acres) 5 -III 5 -IV Dry-GR VII-A Dry-GR VII -B Dry-GR VII -D GR/I.P. -VF Waste MDW - Hay VC W Glasier 12 5 56 5 2 Meehan 15 16 10 30 9 Garvey- w 15 22 25 18 Garvey -E 20 10 8 28 14 Total 62 53 18 56 30 25 46 5 25 According to the Montrose County Assessor's website, these nine land taxation codes have been defined as follows: 5 -III, Irrigated Land - Agricultural; 5 -IV, Irrigated Land - Agricultural; Dry- GR VII -A, Dry land Grazing Land - Agricultural; Dry-GR VII -B, Dry Grazing Land - Agricultural; Dry-GR VII -D, Dry Grazing Land - Agricultural; ; GR/I.P. - VF, Grazing Land - Irrigated Pasture; Waste, ; MDW -Hay VC, Meadow Hay Land - Agricultural; and, MDW -Hay VE, Meadow Hay Land - Agricultural. Discussions with Ms. Teri Warner, the Agricultural Appraiser in the Montrose County Assessor's Office reveals that the land codes are defined as follows: Land codes 5 -III and 5 -IV means that these lands are located in the western end of Montrose County and correspond to irrigated lands and are essentially identical with the Meadow Hay classifications described later on. Yields of 5 -III are given as 2.25 tons of hay per acre or 115 bushels of corn per acre and yields of 5 -IV are given as 2.00 tons of hay per acre or 105 bushels of corn per acre. Livestock carrying capacities are not reported for these land codes. Land codes Dry—GR VII -A, Dry-GR VII -B, and Dry-GR VII -D correspond to dryland grazing lands. The productivity of these lands is 20 acres, 50 acres and 70 acres per animal unit (AU), respectively. Land code GR/I.P. -VF corresponds to irrigated grazing lands with production levels of 0.75 tons of hay per acre when harvested or 1.88 Animal Units (AU) per acre when grazed. Land codes' MDW -Hay VC and MDW -Hay VE correspond to irrigated Meadow Hay with Section 2.04.3 Page 11 November 2011