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for the vegetation layer will be placed out of water channels or drainage ways, and <br />separated from other stockpiles. The location of the vegetation stockpile will be <br />shown on the map. <br />(c) The thickness of the deposit will be determined by the exploration <br />process. It is estimated that the deposit thickness will range from 4 feet deep, to 12 <br />feet deep from the level of the vegetation layer that is removed, to bedrock. <br />(d) All material excavated from the pit, excluding the vegetation layer, will be <br />processed to achieve an accurate analysis of the layers of the deposit. <br />(e) Forest Service Road 250 will be used as an access route to the site for <br />transportation of equipment needed for excavation and processing. Excavation <br />equipment used will either be a backhoe, or excavator of similar size that will be <br />transported on trailer to the mine site entrance depicted on the map, using light <br />duty diesel trucks. A skid steer will also be used to as an aid to the excavation and <br />stock pile transport, and will be transported using the same route, and means of <br />transportation. No road modifications will be needed or necessary for the <br />transportation of equipment to, and from the mine site. From the point of the mine <br />entrance, a short trail crossing the Alamos River will be made to the mine site. This <br />trail will traverse over the shallow split river and gravel deposit disturbing very <br />little vegetation. This trail is also depicted on the map. After the vegetation layer <br />has been removed as explained previously, a pit will be excavated in the deposit to <br />the depth required to reach bedrock. The estimated depth of the deposit is averaged <br />at 6 feet. The size of the pit will be 16 feet by 20 feet allowing approximately 70 <br />cubic yards of material to be processed based on a deposit depth of 6 feet. This <br />material will also be stockpiled to be processed after excavation is completed. The <br />deposit stockpile will be depicted on the map. After the excavation of the deposit <br />has been completed and stockpiled, a small, portable processing plant will be place <br />at the edge of the pit. The processing equipment consists of a gasoline engine <br />powered, 4 foot by 2 foot double deck vibratory screener mounted on a 4 foot by 8 <br />foot trailer that will screen material fed into the hopper by the back hoe or small <br />excavator, down to % inch minus. The V2 inch minus material will then flow into a 2 <br />foot by 8 foot hydraulic sluice for recovery of minerals, gold being the primary <br />mineral. The discharge from the sluice will be ejected directly into the excavated pit <br />to avoid silting outside the exploration site. The material, or waste rock, that is <br />ejected from the screener will be continually fed back into the pit using the skid <br />steer as part of ongoing reclamation. A gasoline engine powered 3 inch water <br />supply pump will be used to pump water out of the pit into the recovery equipment <br />and continually recycled. Absolutely no chemicals will be used in the recovery <br />process. During exploration activities a barricade such as a gate will be constructed <br />as a temporary determent for public safety at the mine entrance. Additionally the <br />pit will have a safety fence constructed around the perimeter for public safety. The <br />gate and fence will be removed as part of reclamation completion. <br />(1) Significant disturbances to the land surface will involve the excavation of <br />the pit, and stock piles inside the boundaries of the mine site. The significantly <br />disturbed area will not exceed 21,780 square feet of land equaling half of one acre. <br />The pit itself will be approximately 16 feet by 20 feet with approximately 70 cubic <br />yards of material being excavated based on a deposit depth of 6 feet. If the deposit <br />