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MINING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW CHECKLIST
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Application/Permit No: 56-46 Action:
Section
New Modification Transfer
Applicant Name:
Waycaster Stone Inc
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Mine Name:
Mountain Mist Mine
County:
McDowell
Latitude:
35.75092
7.5 Quad:
Little Switzerland
Longitude:
-82.04268
Attached page 1_3 of the mine application.
Suspense Date for Comments: 09/24/2021
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Hydrogeology:
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Freeman Environmental Consulting, LLC
411 Lower Hanging Rock Road
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Coll 828.765.3571
e-mail: [e-mail]
August 18, 2021
Adam Parr
Assistant State Mining Engineer
------ - Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Physical Address: 512 N Salisbury Street
Mailing Address: 1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
Subject; Mountain Mist Mine, Waycaster Stone Co. Inc.
Marion NC, McDowell County
Catawba River Basin
RECEIVED
AUG 2 a 2021
Dear Mr. Parr,
Please find attached a mine permit application for the above mine which is located north of Marion, NC on
Hicks Chapel Loop jus off Highway 221 North. A check in the amount oOf $5,000 to cover the application
fees is also attached.
The Mountain mist mine has been in operation for many years and over the years has grown to be over
one acre due to the entrance road and the several small mines located on the two properties. By obtaining
a permit for the mine the entire site can be mined and then reclaimed at the end of the mine's life.
To conserve paper resources and ink only Land Quality will get the permit application in its entirety
because the other people who will review the permit will not need blasting plans, calculations and other
information included with the permit.
Per our discussion today I will also forward a PDF version of the permit to you early next week.
Should there be any question, or if any portion of the permit needs clarification please call me at 828-765-
3571.
Regards,
Thomas Freers , CPESC
Freeman Environmental Consulting, LLC
CC, K Waycaster, Mountaineer Land Surveying and FEC Files
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
*AV, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LAND QUALITY SECTION
APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
1. Name of Mine: Mountain Mist Mine County: McDowell
River Basin Catawba
Latitude (decimal degrees to four places): 035.750922N
Longitude (decimal degrees to four places): 082.042681 W
2. Name of Applicant* Wa caster Stone Co Inc.
3. Permanent address for receipt of official mail** 5455 US Hizhway 221 North
Marion, NC 28752
Telephone: [phone] Alternate No. ( )
Mine Office Address_ 5455 US Highway 221 North
Marion, NC 28752 _ Telephone: [phone]_
5. Mine Manager Kenneth Waycaster
We hereby certify that all details contained in this Permit Application are true and correct to the best of our
knowledge. We fully understand that any willful misrepresentation of facts will be cause for permit
revocation.
***Signature Date je-,1
Print Name Kenneth Wa caster Jr.
Title President
* This will be the name that the mining permit will be issued to and the name that must be indicated on the
reclamation bond (security) that corresponds to this site.
** The Land Quality Section must be notified of any changes in the permanent address or telephone number.
*** Signature of company officer required.
.S. 74-51 provides that the Department shall grant or deny an application f'or a permit within 60 days of receipt of
"complete application or, if a public hearing is held, within 30 days following the hearing and the filing of any
supplemental information required by the Department. All questions must be addressed and all required maps
provided before this application can be considered complete. Attach additional sheets as needed.
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NOTE: All of the following questions must be thoroughly answered regarding your mining operation for
the intended life of the mine. All responses must be clearly conveyed on a corresponding, detailed mine map.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NINE
1. Answer all of the following that apply:
X If this is an application for a NEW permit, indicate the total acreage at the site to be covered by the
permit (this is the acreage that the "new permit" fee will be based upon): 26.3
Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is lease�4? Acres owned: 0.'-�
Acres leased: 9.4 •3 t-- I Property owner if leased: Poidil 1111�
❑ If this is an application for RENEWAL of a mining permit, indicate the mining permit number and
the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit: Mining Permit No.:
Total permitted acreage (this is the acreage that the "renewal" fee will be based upon):
❑ If this is an application for a MODIFICATION to a mining permit, indicate the mining permit
number and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ❑ No ❑. If yes, indicate the acreage to be covered by this modification (this is the acreage
that the "major modification' fee will be based upon):
Does the modification involve acreage outside the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ❑ No ❑. If yes, indicate the additional acreage to be covered by this
modification: . (NOTE: you must complete all of Section F. ofthis application form
entitled Notification of Adjoining Landowners).
lft � Of this acreage to be added to the permit, will any portion of this acreage be affected (i.e.: disturbed,
ground cover removed) by the mining operation? Yes ❑ No ❑ (If no, a "minor modification"
fee of $100.00 is required, despite the "undisturbed" acreage to be added). If yes, indicate the
acreage to be affected within the acreage to be added to the permit (the total acreage to be added to
the permit is the acreage that the "major modification" fee will be based upon):
❑ If this is an application for TRANSFER of a mining permit, indicate the mining permit number and
the total (overall) acreage covere y the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: To permitted acreage:
SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THIS FORM FOR THE PROPER FEE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID FOR THE REQUESTED PERMIT ACTION(S) AND CORRESPONDING ACREAGE NOTED
ABOVE
2. Name of all materials mined: Granite
3. Mining method:
❑Hydraulic Dredge H Front-end Loader & Truck X Shovel & Truck
Dragline & Truck Self -loading Scraper
Other (explain):
4. a. Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) 90'
Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g., natural ground level, mean sea level, road elevation, etc.)
Top of high wall
�%, b. Expected average depth of nine (feet) 60'
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
5. Has any area(s) at this site been mined in the past? Yes X No ❑
If yes, when and by whom was this activity conducted? Mining was by several unknown individuals
1" 6. Number of years for which the permit is requested (10 years maximum): 10
13. MAPS
Clearly mark and label the location of your mining operation on six (6) conies of 7.5-minute quadrangle
and a county highway map. These maps, in addition to six (6) copies ofall mine maps and reclamation
maps, must be submitted with each permit application.
7.5-minute quadrangles may be obtained from the N.C. Geological Survey:
Mailing Address:
1612 Mail Service Center OR
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
[phone]
www.geoIogy.enr.state.nc.us/
Physical Address:
512 North Salisbury Street, 5"' Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
County highway maps may be obtained from the N.C. Department of Transportation:
North Carolina Department of Transportation -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Mailing Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
1587 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1587
Physical Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
3401 Carl Sandburg Court
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
[phone]
www.ncdot. orgli tlgisContact/default.htmi
~"' 2. Mine maps must be accurate and appropriately scaled drawings, aerial photographs or enlarged
topographic maps of the entire mine site. All aspects of the mine site must be clearly labeled on the
maps along with their corresponding (approximate) acreage. As a reminder, mining permits can
only be issued for up to 10 years; thus, all mine and reclamation maps must only denote those
activities that are intended to be conducted during the life of the mining permit. All maps must be
of a scale sufficient (see minimum requirements listed below) to clearly illustrate the following, at a
minimum:
a.
Property lines of the tract or tracts of land on which the proposed mining activity is to be located
including easements and rights -of -way.
b.
Existing or proposed permit boundaries.
c.
Initial and ultimate limits of clearing and grading.
d.
Outline and width of all buffer zones (both undisturbed and unexcavated).
e.
Outline and acreage of all pits/excavations.
f.
Outline and acreage of all stockpile areas.
g.
Outline and acreage of all temporary and/or permanent overburden disposal areas.
h.
Location and acreage of all processing plants (processing plants may be described as to location and
distance from mine if sufficiently far removed).
i.
Locations and names of all streams, rivers and lakes.
j.
Outline and acreage of all settling and/or processing wastewater ponds.
k.
Location and acreage of all planned and existing access roads and on -site haul roads.
1.
Location of planned and existing on -site buildings.
m.
Location and dimensions of all proposed sediment and erosion control measures.
n.
Location of 100-year floodplain limits and wetland boundaries.
o.
Names of owners of record, both public and private, of all tracts of land that are adjoining the mining
permit boundary; if an adjoining tract is owned or leased by the applicant or is owned by the lessor
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of the mine tract, names of owners of record of tracts adjoining these tracts, that are within 1,000 feet
of the mining permit boundary, must be provided on the mine map.

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to quartz monzonitic; includes variably mylonitized ortbogneiss and paragnciss, interlayered
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Floodplain maps from the NC Flood Risk Information System (NC FRIS) shows two places where
flooding could block access to the proposed mine site including mapped floodway blocking on both
southern end of US 221 and again nearer to the proposed mine. US 221 could also be impacted by a third
flood zone 4.15 miles further north.

MP 56-46
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Waycaster
Stone Co Inc.
Mountain Mist
Mine
Latitude: 35.75092
Longitude: -82.04268
County: McDowell
Date: 9/1/2021
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