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creased again during 1941-1945 to 22,000 tons per day. Follow- <br /> ing the war, production dropped back to a minimum of 5, 000 tons <br /> per day until the early 19501s. By 1960, production was aver- <br /> aging 48, 000 tons per day during 1977 . <br /> With a 60-year history of operations and numerous <br /> expansion periods developed during those years, long range <br /> planning for production and reclamational measures was ex- <br /> tremely sporadic and in some cases inaccurate . With today' s <br /> knowledge of the ore zones , modern mining methods and rapidly <br /> expanding reclamation technology, only recently has it become <br /> possible to provide realistic and attainable environmental <br /> planning with the continued development of the Climax oper- <br /> ation. <br /> 1-2 <br />