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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CIlAPrER I <br /> <br />GENERAL DISCUSSIONS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Uranium and <br /> <br />ore processing <br /> <br />Extensive deposits or bituminous coal are located at shallow depths <br />northwest of Nucla. One deposit is being mined by open pit methods by <br />the Peabody Coal Company chiefly for use at the Nucla steam-electric plant <br />of the Colorado-Ute Electric Association. Coal of good quality is known <br />to underlie much land in the vicinity of the project. <br /> <br />Agriculture centers around the livestock industry, particularly pro- <br />duction of beef cattle and sheep. The livestock industry provides the <br />area with a fairly stable economic base but its development remains static <br />because of the limited supply of livestock feeds resulting from the small <br />amount of irrigation development and limited range resources. Range lands <br />in the vicinity of the project are used to capacity and range permits have <br />been decreased in size to forestall depletion of the grazing resources. <br />Both the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have instituted <br />range improvement programs to protect and increase the productivity of <br />public lands used for grazing. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10 <br />