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<br />. <br /> <br />#2. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />sraIPPAB~E COAL RESERVES, COAL UTILIZATION; AND <br />UlTEl REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL UTILIZATION ON ~E <br />SOUTBERN UTE INDIAN RESERVATION, COLORADO <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />.., Charles N. Speltz <br /> <br />JulJ' 3. 1975 <br /> <br />CONCLuSIONS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />!be Southern Ute Indian Reservation contains an estimated 137 million <br /> <br />COD8 of coal which can be recovered by surface mining. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ml---run coal will contain approximately IS percent impurities. <br /> <br />COaaequently, it is estimated that about 116 million tons of clean coal <br /> <br />ba".Uable. <br /> <br />.. hundred and sixteen million tons 'of clean coal is sufficient <br /> <br />feed for a l,OOO-megawatt steam/electric powerplant, a 10,000-barrel- <br /> <br /> <br />~~,(BOPD) coal liquefactio~'plant, or a 3-million-ton, c~al-slurry <br /> <br /> <br />plpe11De for a period of 35 years. Coal gasification is i:Ilpractical <br /> <br />'ec:.use coal reserves are insufficient to operate a minimum size plant. <br /> <br />.cu requirements for utilization of the coal wUl be approximately <br />. . <br /> <br />15.000 acre-feet per year for a 1,000-megawatt powerplant, between 2,000 <br /> <br />ad'13,OOO acre-feet per year for a 10,000 BOPD coal. liquefaction plant, <br />'...~l1Shtly less than 2,500 acre-feet per year for a 3-million-ton-per- <br /> <br />JIl8I' durry pipeline. <br /> <br />....... <br />. <br /> <br />_tever the ultimate end use for the coal, it should be used on or. <br /> <br />~ the Southern Ute Reservation since the Southern Utes hold both <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Masured coal reserves and guaranteed vater rights. This cDlllbination of <br /> <br />eoa1 and vater provides a most attractive situation for coal utilization. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />-~---_.- --- '-- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />,~ <br />