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<br />Pikeview Quarry <br />Castle Concrete Company <br />File No. M-77-211 <br />The Pikeview Quarry is located 1 mile northwest of Colorado Springs <br />f III IIIIIIIII IIII III <br />999 <br />1 / V `~J 1 v' ~ -- <br />The <br />quarry was opened up in the 1950's and was operated by Peter Kiewitt & Sons <br />until 1960. The quarry was the source of aggregate to build the Air Force <br />Academy . <br />Castle Concrete Company leased the site in 1969 from Golden Cycle Corporation <br />and purchased it in 1974. Mining became active again in 1976 and was <br />permitted in 1977 under the Mined Land Reclamation Act of 1976. <br />No topsoil was salvaged in the original mining of the site. Little or no <br />thought was given to reclamation of the site. Of the original 14D acres <br />permitted, 98 acres was previously disturbed. <br />Only 2 to 5 acres are mined at one time with another 20 acres devoted to the <br />processing area. No reclamation of an active mining area can be done until <br />the area is mined out. The quarry's life is estimated at 70-80 years. At <br />mid-life (estimated in 1980 at the year 2005), the area will be one-half <br />reclaimed. The original projection is that the site would be fully mined and <br />reclaimed by the year 2045. <br />