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September 2013 Moffat County Mining, LLC * Bond Release Application <br />were transferred to Cyprus Empire Coal Company (subsequently transferred to MCM). The surface <br />disturbance associated with the Utah Tract was reclaimed during the period 1979 through 1983. <br />No. 5 Mine <br />Underground coal mining was initiated in the Eagle No. 5 Mine in 1972, using room and pillar mining <br />methods. In 1985, mining operations transitioned to the more efficient longwall mining method, <br />continuing through 1990, when the No. 5 Mine was closed. Active longwall mining continued in the <br />No. 5A/6 mines though 1995, when mining ceased and the operations were put into Temporary <br />Cessation. The No. 5 Mine portals were sealed, the No. 5 Mine Substation was removed, and the <br />associated disturbance areas (along with the Women's and Visitor Bathhouses) were reclaimed in <br />1997 -1998. <br />No. 9 Mine <br />The No. 9 Mine operated from 1976 through 1981, when active operations ceased. The mine portals <br />were sealed and the portal excavation backfilled in 1987. In 2008, the No. 9 Mine Warehouse was <br />demolished, and the Warehouse area, Portal area, and No. 9 Coal Refuse Disposal area were reclaimed, <br />consistent with the approved reclamation plan. <br />Buildings and Structures <br />MCM periodically reviews and evaluates the condition and ongoing and potential future needs for <br />mine structures and facilities. Based on these evaluations, the Women's Bathhouse, Visitor <br />Bathhouse, and No. 5 Mine Substation were demolished and the associated areas reclaimed in 1996- <br />1998. A second facilities reclamation effort was completed during 2008 -2009, with demolition and <br />reclamation of a number of buildings and structures and their associated disturbance areas, including; <br />the Men's Bathhouse; Laboratory Trailer and Sample Storage Shed; two rock -dust tanks; the Brazell- <br />Simms Building; the No. 9 Mine Warehouse, Portal Area, and Refuse Disposal Area; the Reclamation <br />Storage Building; and miscellaneous buildings and facilities (Compressor House, Okey -Plaza Well - <br />House, Brazell -Simms Well- House, Old Carpenter Shop, and Guard -Shack and Warehouse fencing). <br />All reclamation activities have been completed in full compliance with the approved reclamation plans, <br />included in Appendix A for reference, and as documented by copies of DMG /DRMS inspection <br />reports, included in Appendix B. The sequence and extent of historic reclamation and the nature of <br />ongoing site maintenance activities are summarized by MCM's Annual Reclamation Reports, <br />submitted to the DMG /DRMS and included as Appendix C for reference. The following summarizes <br />the status and acreages for existing Williams Fork mining and related disturbance areas. <br />4 <br />