Ninety Sixth Year ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 12 1971 legend William e coates associates limited landscape architects A mining and rehabilitation sequence limited acton quarry SEQUENCE of the mining and rehabilitation activities at the Acton quarry of Indusmin is shown in this illustration prepared by the landscape architects caiT be a fullizePontiac Value Hie idcr is demrcsistant lhe look of leather or in rustprod and resists hipping j padded instrument pane that value hats with Iontiac wraps around lor convenience Power brakes discs in tront and a pampers urn with wide choice of rich upholstery colors suspension tulldtpth team seat thai villi in distinctive patterned cloth or ling smooth riding Wide keep its and longer supple to keep dean vinyl Pontiac puts it all togetljei Don to buckle up tor win up to 30000 800 acres Indusmin rehabilitates huge Acton quarry The Acton Quarry of Indusmin Ltd has received a property Improvement for their efforts and plan to rehabilitate the land at the quarry on the Third Line of east of Acton The company engaged a landscape architect on a consulting basis for advice on restoring the pits and yards to an attractive 800 acre site which will blend in with the countryside Work has already begun and will proceed as mining operations advance Work on restoring the property started last year but actual plans were started about three years ago When it became necessary for the company to produce rehabilitation plans in order to acquire an operating permit from the Department of Mines Indusmin had their intentions clearly spelled out with plans and actual work already done Could reuse The Minister may refuse to issue a permit where in his opinion the operation of the mine would be against the interest of the public in preserving the character of the formation that includes the Niagara Escarp ment and ho availability of its natural attributes for enjoyment by the public We recognize that not all of the residents of this community look on the quarry operations as we do says George Armstrong general manager of Indusmin but we are endeavoring to do everything possible to rehabilitate continuously through life of this operation rhe Acton quarry with about employees Is a year round operation and one of the biggest of its type in Canada First work on rehabilitating the pit was to resod and the main entrances to the property at lite scale house and along the railway tracks which cut diagonally through the property as well as along the Fourth IJne Machinery in the plant was painted to blend in with the landscape in an effort to START OF REHABILITATION is shown in these photos at the Acton pit The pit edges are to be sloped with soil until there is only graduated side recapture the character of the land unobtrusively with as little of artificial camouflage as possible Leave scar Quarrying rock of course Is an operation that requires movement of thousands of tons of rock and leaves a scar of larfjc to rehabilitate We hope to reslopc the pit fate after we have taken away the rock recover it with top soil and landscape with trees and grass explained mines manager Don Murdy The also PLANTED HARDWOOD and evergreen trees on the east side of the quarry on the Fourth line illustrates the screen of the future company attempting to screen operations by planting hardwood and evergreen trees along the property perimeter Results for these screening wont be be seen for many years admits Mr but as trees grow neigh boring farms and houses wilt view only greenery when they look in the direction of the quarries plant of Indusmin has been called the super market of the aggregate division of the company because of its selfservice aspect The quarry had its beginnings in 1062 when Alton Limestone Quarries began developing the site of the old quarry at Dolly Vardcn acquired the property in Basic Ingredient Aggregates from the Acton operation show up as the basic ingredients in virtually anything concrete such as bridges building foundations and asphalt for roads Indusmin aggregates are also being used as armour stone in the reclaiming of useable land along the shore of Lake SCREENING IS ALSO planted along railway tracks on the east side of the quarry property Indusmin plans to divert Sideroad Third Line Indusmin released plans for eventual rehabilitation of their Acton quarry to the road committee of Halloa County council lost week The company seeking approval to divert Sideroad around the area to be mined The now runs through the Besides diverting the a county road Indusmin a bo would like to change the course of the Third line west the quarry It Is a township road Professor landscape architect who designed the rehabilitation spoke to the roads committee stating he does not know any other producer as concerned about rehabilitating land as Indusmin With a series of diagrams Coates explained to the committee bow the company will strip the land In segments rehabilitating as they go If road diversions are not approved they would be forced to dig around the two roads which Intersect almost In the centre of the unmlned property will mine strips and strip off and overburden returning It to the strip when work is completed Coates suggested several uses tor the land when rehabilita tion is complete including a walled city on the outskirts of Acton golf course sports pork and hunting preserve The walled pit as deep as storeys at points was visualized covering GOO acres of the property Over 2500 units of blood are needed in Canadian hospitals every day Ontario as well as for gabion stone for engineering and fortification work along river banks etc to prevent erosion Openpit mining methods employed at the Acton quarry create a scar on the escarpment which is difficult to obscure The company feels proud however of the fact that they initiated plans For continuous programs of site rehabilitation before the provincial government made it mandatory Land use change landscape architects William Coates Associates Ijmitcd were engaged on a consulting basis and drew up plans for the gradual change over in land use from quarry to any other use possible on the terraced site covered with grass A model of the finished bite looks almost like a huge golf course with a large acre lake at one end where the area will drain A model of the rehabilitated site stand in the company office at Sixth I me Nassagawcya formerly Ha Hon Crushed Stone officials cannot forecast when the pits will be depleted of stone The job will be done gradually as mining operations advance officials also point out that the Aggregates Division received safety awards from the Aggregate Producers Association of Ontario at the Association convention in Niagara Falls on March 2 this year Quarry superintendent Garth received the award for the Acton plant and the Distribution Yards award was presented to yards superintendent 32mile walk Saturday A distance of miles is the goal set for numerous anxious adults and voungsters looking forward to the annual Wulkathon sponsored by the Hal ton and Peel Association for the Hearing Handicapped to be held this Saturday May Volunteers sponsors pledges and an extra pair of shoes are the last minute list of items to prepare Milton walkers will leave from Martin St School at a Those walking from Acton will depart from the Community Centre at the same tune All receipts from the annual walk will be donated to the Ontario Mission of the Deaf Toronto Receipts for all sponsor payments will be given The Milton route continues from Martin St School along Base line ltd to Hornby and north on Trafalgar through to Hwy The trad then winds along to Acton and finally south on to Milton The route for Acton walkers covers the same roads heading south on to start Iaat spring the HPAHH sponsored its first annual and walkers from Milton and Acton did a similar route and raised over for the Ontario Mission for the Deaf farm north of Milton