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Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC) <br />Geologic and Engineering Data Report <br />Lease by Modification Application — Wolf Creek Reserve April 2014 <br />transportation to customers. <br />Railroad spur - loop existence at or near site <br />There is an existing railroad spur at the Foidel Creek Mine. The spur ties to the UP Railroad Craig <br />Branch -line at Milner, Colorado, approximately 10 miles west of Steamboat Springs. Colorado. <br />Access issues and problems <br />No access problems are anticipated. The Foidel Creek Mine is accessed by either County Road 27 <br />or 33, which tie to major State and U.S. Highways, and are good all-weather roads which are <br />maintained year-round. <br />F. Facility sites and improvements <br />The lands applied for are located approximately eighteen miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in <br />Routt County. Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC), a subsidiary of Peabody Energy, operates the Foidel Creek <br />Mine. The mine portals are in the low -wall of an old (1970's) Energy Fuels strip mine pit. Surface facilities <br />include an office and bathhouse building, heavy equipment shop and warehouse, several modular buildings, <br />stacking tubes and stockpile areas, two washplants (1 idled), conveyors and associated coal handling <br />equipment, a railroad spur, mine ventilation and dewatering installations, electrical installation and <br />distribution lines, and other associated ancillary facilities. The historic Foidel Canyon School is located <br />within the permit boundaries, and TC has recently coordinated preservation/restoration efforts. The proposed <br />lease modification area is located northeast of the main facilities area. <br />WCR BLM Lease App Geologic & Engineeering Data Report 0414.docx Page 7 <br />