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Coal Basin mine permit area were constructed on slopes that exceed 20 degrees. In this <br />unusually rough and steep terrain with a paucity of topsoil, the construction of the roads and <br />portals resulted in extensive highwalls and almost vertical road cuts constructed mostly in <br />Mesaverde and Mancos Shale outcrops. <br />At the preparation plant, rock and refuse materials were removed from the coal by gravity <br />separation methods and froth flotation. After cleaning, the coal was thermally dried and placed in <br />clean coal storage bins. The coal was then loaded into semi - trucks and transported 22 miles to the <br />unit train loadout facility near Carbondale. Rock and refuse materials removed from the coal at the <br />preparation plant were placed in refuse piles situated in Coal Basin near the preparation plant, <br />below Mine No. 4 and in the Sutey Pile. <br />Mid - Continent Resources had numerous leases and contracts with land managers and <br />surface /mineral owners in Coal Basin. These lease and contracts gave them the right of entry to <br />mine coal and operate mining facilities on the surface. These contracts are listed below: <br />Type of Lease With Whom Date of Lease <br />Coal lease Summers Apr 10, 1954 <br />Coal lease C -09005 BLM Nov 1, 1958 <br />Coal lease C -09004 BLM May 1, 1961, Jun 18, <br />1980 <br />Coal lease C- 0125457 <br />BLM <br />Nov 1, 1968 <br />Coal lease C- 011646 <br />BLM <br />May 1, 1971 <br />Coal lease C- 030345 <br />BLM <br />May 1, 1971 <br />Coal lease C- 012456 <br />BLM <br />Jul 1,1965 <br />Coal lease C- 0115606 <br />BLM <br />Jan 1, 1965 <br />Coal lease C -12640 <br />BLM <br />May 1, 1971 <br />Warranty Deed <br />Patsantaras <br />Sep 18, 1956 <br />Warranty Deed <br />Patsantaras <br />Dec 28, 1978 <br />Land Patent <br />BLM <br />Sept 23, 1969 <br />Warranty Deed <br />Sutey <br />April 11, 1984 <br />Land Patent <br />BLM <br />Jan 2, 1987 <br />Road Permit #734 <br />White River Nat. Forest <br />Feb 11, 1980 <br />Waste Disposal Permit <br />White River Nat. Forest <br />Feb 11, 1980 <br />Powerline Permit #812 <br />White River Nat. Forest <br />Feb 11, 1980 <br />4 <br />