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DREHER PIT <br />MINING PLAN EXHIBIT D <br />6.4.4 (e) An approximate timeline will put us in excavation mode <br />in about 8 weeks after permit approval and removal of <br />material in approximately 1 month after that period. This <br />will be a long term mine. Any reclamation will likely <br />take place in 3 to 5 years. The mine will be intermittent <br />and operate less than 180 days per year. Material from <br />this site will be loaded by loader and hauled with trucks <br />to county roads. <br />(0 <br />(i)Topsoil removal should take 4 weeks; overburden <br />removal, another 4 weeks. Material haulage is <br />estimated at 3 to 5 years. Reclamation is estimated to <br />take 2 years or two growing seasons, depending on <br />weather conditions. <br />(ii)The stages are planned to be in 10 acre increments. <br />We will start in the southwest corner and work our way <br />north. As each stage is completed, overburden and <br />topsoil will be replaced to begin the re- growth process. <br />As the west side of the mining operation is <br />completed, mining will move to the northeast and work <br />down to the southeast quadrant. <br />(i) The topsoil ranges from 5 - 6" with additional <br />substratum up to 44 inches in depth. <br />(ii) Another 3 ft. of calcareous sand and sandy red gravel <br />to 20 or 25 ft. This material is located on a red clay <br />bottom. <br />6 <br />