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Description of the Environment
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<br />Location of Permit Area
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<br />The Foidel Creek Mine is located approximately 22 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, in
<br />Routt County, Colorado on lands within:
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<br />Township 4 North, Range 86 West
<br />NE¼ Section 7
<br />N½ Section 8
<br />N½ Section 9
<br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West
<br />Sections 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 All
<br />W½ SW¼ Section 1
<br />S½, NE¼ Section 2
<br />SE½ SE¼, SW¼ Section 3
<br />S½, NW¼, S½ NE¼, NW¼ NE¼ Section 4
<br />SE¼, E½ NE¼, SW¼ NE¼ Section 6
<br />S½, NE¼, E½ NW¼ Section 7
<br />SW¼ SW¼ Section 12
<br />W½ W½ Section 13
<br />N½, SW¼ Section 24
<br />N½ NW¼ Section 25
<br />N½, SW¼ Section 26
<br />W½, W½ E½, NE¼, NE¼ Section 33
<br />Township 6 North, Range 86 West
<br />S½ Section 32
<br />W½ SW¼, SE¼ SW¼ Section 33
<br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West
<br />S½ Section 13
<br />SE¼, E½ SW¼ Section 22
<br />Sections 23, 24, 25, 26 All
<br />E½, E½ W½ Section 27
<br />NE¼ SE¼, E½ W½ SE¼ Section 34
<br />N½, N½ S½, N½ SE¼, N½ SW¼ Section 35
<br />N½, N½ N½ S ½ Section 36
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<br />History of C-82-056
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<br />Coal has historically been mined under other approved permits by surface methods on the dip
<br />slopes, where overburden thickness allows for economic extraction within Twentymile Park
<br />around its margins, and where folding has elevated a major coal seam within the basin. Foidel
<br />Creek Mine is currently the only producing underground operation within Twentymile Park. The
<br />mine is a longwall operation, using continuous miners for entry and development work only.
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<br /> Foidel Creek MineOctober 8, 2013
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