CHAPTER 12 



RECLAMATION OF THE LANDSCAPE 



1 :30 p.m., Monday, May 24 



The Chairman, Mr. MOTT. Landscape rehabilitation is a subject 

 on which your chairman is not an expert, nor is he familiar in detail 

 with some of the subjects that will be discussed in connection with it. 



I am impressed with the fact that man in his inventive genius, 

 coupled with the country's wealth and the advanced technology of 

 the United States, has been able to conceive, design, and produce a 

 machine for strip mining operations which will move 210 tons of 

 earth every 55 seconds. This is a mammoth machine. It is taller 

 than the Niagara Falls, as high as the Golden Gate Bridge in Cali- 

 fornia and is eight traffic lanes wide. 



I also learned that there is a company in the United States whose 

 genius for organization and logistics is capable of moving from 

 Jamaica to Mississippi 4 million tons of bauxite each year, and this 

 amount will be increased to 6 million tons next year. 



The efficiency and organizational ability of the sand, gravel, and 

 rock-crushing industry made it possible to mine, process and move 

 1,500 million tons of sand, gravel, and crushed rock this year to 

 satisfy the needs of the building and construction industry. 



It is estimated that within the next five years 4 billion tons of sand, 

 gravel, and crushed rock will be required to build the country's 

 bridges, buildings, and boulevards. 



I mention these facts to give you some idea of the scope and magni- 

 tude of the industries in the United States that are now mining for 

 sand, gravel, rock, and coal. We need sand, gravel, and crushed 



Members of the Panel on Reclamation of the Landscape were 

 William Bramble, Harry M. Caudill, H. E. Collins, Edward K. 

 Davison, William Perm Mott, Jr. (Chairman), Representative Rich- 

 ard L. Ottinger, Hamilton K. Pyles, and Donald N. Stocker. Staff 

 Associate was Julian Feiss. 



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