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Fall 2015 Subsidence and Geologic Field Observations <br />South of Divide and Dry Fork Mininq Areas <br />3.13 Photographic Observation Point 5 <br />This photographic observation location was established during the spring 2013 field visit as a <br />baseline for assessing potential changes to the landscape associated with E -seam longwall mining <br />within and west of the Deer Creek drainage. This vantage point gives a panoramic view of the <br />Deer Creek drainage from its headwater region downstream along most of the drainage to near its <br />confluence with Dry Fork. Views from this location (no image provided in this report) present the <br />topography over the western end of E -seam Longwall Panels E3 through E7. <br />A panoramic image (not shown) obtained from this location during our fall 2015 visit was <br />compared to the previous images from this location. No noticeable differences were identified. <br />3.14 Photographic Observation Point 6 <br />Approximately 100 feet north of the Photographic Observation Point 5 is Photographic <br />Observation Point 6. This location was established during our spring 2013 field visit and provides <br />a northeast to south panoramic view from the Ragged Mountains to Coal Mountain. A panoramic <br />image was obtained from this location during our fall 2015 visit and compared to the previous <br />images from this location. No noticeable differences were identified. <br />3.15 Traverse J -J' <br />This is the fourth of four named traverses that originate from Traverse C -C'. This traverse allows <br />access to MVBs E5-8 through and E5-14 above mine E -seam Longwall Panel E5 and E6-1 through <br />E6-11 under unmined E -seam Longwall Panel E6. Each of the listed E -seam Longwall Panel E5 <br />pads previously listed were visited during the fall 2015 field visit. At the time of recent visit, a <br />limited number of E -seam Longwall Panel E6 pads were constructed. These included MVB E6- <br />1/2/3, E6-4, and E6-8/9. The remaining pads were either nonexistent or had been constructed but <br />did not yet include a MVB. As of the time of the fall 2015 field visit, longwall mining of E -seam <br />Longwall Panel E6 had just commenced and was east of the MVB E6-1/2/3 pad. As a result, there <br />were no subsidence features noted in associated MVB pads above this panel. <br />The previously observed and reported feature on the cut slope located south of the MVB E5-9/10 <br />pad remains. This feature was first observed during the spring 2014 field visit and before mining <br />831-032.797 Wright Water Engineers, Inc. Page 18 <br />March 2016 <br />