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<br />Or.. .so (t'" <br />U.a...1.L 'J <br /> <br />land is pending. <br /> <br />The lower reservoir area is privately owned land. <br /> <br />Fuel for the plant will be coal from an Underground mine, about 2t <br /> <br />miles from the plant, to be operated by the Peabody Coal Company. Coal <br /> <br />will be mined by underground methods from two major seams. The depth of <br /> <br />the coal seam in the Blind Canyon seam is about 13 feet. The depth of <br /> <br />the Hiawatha seam has not yet been definitely determined. The underground <br /> <br />mine will employ bolted-roof protection with sidewall cribbing. It is <br /> <br />anticipated that there will be no excess water during the mining operation, <br /> <br />but if excess water is encountered, it will be directed to settling ponds <br /> <br />for plant use. The coal will be conveyed to the plant as mine run. No <br /> <br />washing or crushing will take place at the mine. Coal will be transported <br /> <br />to.the plant by covered conveyor. Average coal consumption is estimated <br /> <br />at 1 million tons per yes:r for a 430-mw unit. Ultimate capacity may reach <br /> <br />2,000 mw. <br /> <br />Cooling water will be taken from Huntington Creek and pumped to a <br /> <br />settling basin before use as makeup in the cooling system. An upstream <br /> <br />reservoir of about 30,000 acre-foot capacity (named Electric Lake) will <br /> <br />provide a supplemental water supply. This reservoir will be about 4 miles <br /> <br />long and 215' deep at the dam. <br /> <br />The use of the reservoir for recreation <br /> <br />and fishing will be en.couraged, with the recreational facilities prob- <br /> <br />ably to be administered by a State agency. <br /> <br />Energy from the initial unit will be transmitted principally over a <br /> <br />345-kv line to Camp Williams, nes:r Salt Lake City, utah, and to the Four <br /> <br />Corners Area where it interconnects with the Arizona Public Service <br /> <br />3 <br />