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Fall 2018 Subsidence and Geologic Field Observations <br /> Southern Panels Mining Areas <br /> is discontinuous over a distance of about 35 feet and has a bearing similar to other <br /> cracks located on the pad and in the road south of the pad. <br /> The maximum dimensions of the crack west of the access road were 4 inches in width, 8 inches in <br /> depth, and about 35 feet of discontinuous length. Nearly all observed subsidence cracks had an <br /> orientation N5-10°W, very similar to those observed in the road south of the gate (Location 1). <br /> The E-Seam overburden depth at this pad location is approximately 1,100 feet. <br /> 4.4.3 Location 5 <br /> Several small subsidence cracks with an orientation of approximately S72°W were observed <br /> crossing the entire southern portion of the E7-9 MVB pad during our spring 2018 field visit. <br /> Evidence of these cracks and others previously noted on the pad were present but much less <br /> discernable during our fall 2018 field visit. <br /> 4.4.4 Location 6 <br /> The eastern end of Traverse D-D is the E7-8 MVB pad, which is located mostly on a ridge with <br /> minimal cut and fill. During our spring 2018 field visit, a relatively wide (24 inches maximum) <br /> crack was observed north of the trailer (Figure 7). Observations of the same feature during our <br /> fall 2018 field visit found the feature to be approximately the same in dimensions (Figure 8). <br /> Due to the relative lack of fill placed on this portion of the pad, it does not appear to be the result <br /> of differential settlement. This crack is about three feet deep at its maximum and about 10 feet <br /> long in an east/west orientation. Other miscellaneous cracks are visible on the pad but appear to <br /> have no specific consistent orientation and all are short, shallow, and do not extend beyond the <br /> edge of the pad. <br /> 4.5 Traverse E-E' <br /> This traverse begins at Traverse A-A • conDntQs s6uthward to an intersection with Traverse F- <br /> F and then west and south above mined E-seam Longwall Panels E5, E6, E7, and unmined E- <br /> seam Longwall Panel E8 (see Map 1). Overburden along this traverse varies from about 900 to <br /> 1,020 feet. <br /> 831-032.900 Wright Water Engineers, Inc. Page 19 <br /> April 2019 <br />