Exhibit 10.17
 Form
    
    UNITED STATES
    
    FORM APPROVED3600-9
    
    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    OMB No. 1004-0103(April 2002)
    
    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
    
    Expires: March 31, 2008CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF MINERAL MATERIALS
    
    Office: NV-050Contract Number: N-84731
  
 Contract area.
 County
    
    State
    
    Township
    
    Range
    
    Section
    
    Aliquot Parts
    
    Meridian
    
    AcreageClark þ
    
    Nevada
    
    T. 17 S.
    
    R. 58 E.
    
    
    9
    
    
    NE1/4SE1/4
    
    MD
    
    
    40Nye   o
 Sec. 2. Amount and price of materials.
 QUANTITY
    
    
    PRICEKIND OF MATERIALS
    
    (Units Specified)
    
    
    PER UNIT
    
    
    TOTAL PRICESand & Gravel
    
    372,000 tons
    
    $
    0.58
    
    
    $
    215,760.00Administrative Fee
    
    372,000 tons
    
    $
    0.01
    
    
    $
    3,720.00TOTAL
    
    372,000 tons
    
    $
    0.59
    
    
    $
    219,480.00
  SEC 3. Payments, title, and reappraisals You must pay the Administrative Fee of $3,720.00 in full prior to contract
issuance .
  th
 must not
  Sec 4. Risk of loss.
 Sec. 5. Liability for damages to materials not sold to you.
 Sec. 6. Stipulations and reserved terms. þ BLM will check
this box if there are stipulations attached to this contract.
 Sec. 7. Notice of operations. must
 Sec. 8. Bonds. must
   Sec. 9. Assignments.
 Sec. 10. Modification of the Approved Mining or Reclamation Plan.




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Sec. 11. Expiration of contract. o BLM will check this box if
this contract is a renewable competitive contract.
 Sec. 12. Renewal of renewable competitive contract.
 Sec.
13. Violations; and cancellations.
  Sec. 14. Responsibility for damages suffered or costs incurred by the United States. must
 Sec. 15. Extensions of time. must must
 Sec. 16. Time for removing personal property.
 Sec. 17. Equal opportunity clause. must
 Sec. 18. Effective date. o If this contract
becomes effective on the date BLM signs the contract, BLM will check this box.
 þ If this contract becomes effective only after certain conditions are met, BLM will check this
box, list the conditions below, and indicate the effective date.
 Sec. 19. Appeal.
  PURCHASER
    
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICAReady Mix, Inc.
    
    /s/ Illegible(Individual or Firm Name)
3430 East Flamingo, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89121
    
    (Authorized Officer)
NRS(Address)
    
    (Title)(702) 433-2090
    
    5-1-08(Phone Number)
    
    (Date)Clint Tryon CFO, Sec/Treas.

(Signature)If you are a corporation, affix corporate seal here.
    
    Effective date of contract is May 1, 2008




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EXHIBITB 05/31/07  (Illegible) Stipulations for the Sand and Gravel Operation
 will not
  Purchaser will conform to all Federal, State of Nevada, County, and Local laws,
ordinances and regulations. Purchaser will acquire all permits, variances,
easements, etc. required to operate within the pit.
  Should the purchaser fail to move into the pit and start
production of mineral materials within six (6) months of the
issuance of this contract, the Authorized Officer will cancel the contract.
       Backhauling of any materials and/or debris into any community pit is not allowed .
 13. Materials brought into the pit for the purpose of blending with the existing native sand &
gravel shall be clean and free of any deleterious materials (i.e. rebar,
wood). The imported materials shall be stockpiled in a readily identifiable segregated area.
Imported materials will be shown as a separate volume on the
monthly report for material removed from the pit. Upon completion of mining all leftover imported
materials will be removed from the pit and disposed of in an
approved manner.




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shall have a qualified wildlife biologist on site
 and/or
   the young fledge.
 f. only
after
  complete the migratory bird
section in the provided attachment, BLM.
     in situ




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All
operations shall use best available control technology to meet air quality
regulations.
   Federal, State and County laws or regulations.