MINEBK01150

• County: Las Animas
• Document: FROMSIC
• Suffix: A

TABLE TWO -- LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
MINE NAME COMMENTS ON FEATURES
Brodhead Reclamation late 1982: ad its closed by controlled blasting techniques; No. 9 airshaft
Nos. 3, 4, 9 was backfilled by first placing laryer diameter riprap into the bottom of each opening
followed by coal waste material to complete the fills. Work areas were ripped to alleviat
compaction. Revegetation work for all mines will be completed in Fall of 1983.
F: Reference 2 notes a mine fire in 1907.
Coked ale *: Vertical opening. Air shaft is 12'x12'x40' deep and is located in eastern end of concrete
Nos. 1, 2 air fan housing. Barbed wire fence across western end of air fan housing is not an
effective deterrent.
This shaft was safeguarded in mid-1983 by installation of a steel grate over the vertical
opening.
Cokedale (East) Reclamation plans scheduled for Spring, 1984. The project area consists
of a single problem area containing a large burning coal waste pile. The specific work
envisioned for this project involves excavating and extinguishing the burning portion of
the pile followed by regrading the pile into two adjacent depressions. Any marketable
coal remaining in the pile which can be feasibly processed out will be recovered prior
to the backfilling operation. following completion of the backfilling operation, the
regraded areas will be covered with a layer of soil material suitable for plant growth
and revegetated with rangeland grasses. The seeded areas will be fenced off until the
vegetation can withstand grazing pressure.
Colorado *: Two horizontal openings. One adit is 3' high, 8' wide, and more than 50' long. The other
Canyon ad it is 5' high, 4' wide, and of unknown length. No access deterrents.
Key to unique features symbols:
Reclamation and/or plans -- Table Two
lists hazard abatement work
+ Discrepancy between two sources
Z Multiple mining zones
* Mine opening information
S Subsidence features
F Mine fires
D Mine drainage
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