APPCOR10407

• Permit No: C1981033
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 6/29/1979
• Doc Name: REVIEW OF THE BEAR COAL CO MINE PLAN COAL LEASE D-044569
• From: US DEPT OF THE INTERIOR
• To: CR
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Review of lire Rear Coal Company's minc plan, rual ]case
0-0445G9
The plan was revir•wcd primarily Cor ehe mining, r~•lntcd infor;anCinn.
The reclamation aspecl.s oC op~ rations was noC r~•vi~ •.:~ d h~•rause OSM
would have the primary cnntrol.
The plan includes 1;nad rm:es si•ction rlnps ;md drf l l lu.lc infor:naCion
to show location of the "(:" rant. br•d that i:; r•Ir1~ nrl y b~~~inl•, wlnrd by
Chc 6car Coal Comp:nty.
A brief history on ILr Rrnr 11in: mly hr Lrli,i nl .tl ILi~, i i~:~r Lrr.nr~.e
the "C" bc~l Ls ^t .t lornl,ion brlwrcn rrll~~•I: .:..IL.~LI~• l,~~d::. i'bc "C"
coal bed is a very rli ffirulr hrsi to E'i rq L•~~'., n•.~• Ib~• I~~~)f r,n~lll i~~n;
coal ain vrry Inany ::lirl:rn sidr~d fnro•: .nnl r.~nv I•:~I .ti .1 n~1 in rcllnin
areas, it Is cans.lrl,•Ird to L,• Iwt wart'. rblr. ~",,{~~. I•. .; is ~..~tl..•11 by
U.S. Steel Corporation at Ills' prvscnt Iim~ .I m.l Ibr~, in III~~ 141 :t, havr_
closed certain po rt lr,n:; of ILc aline b~~rnnrc r,f 1,.11 ninlnl: rundil isms
and, they are aC prosrnC, Lnv i nl; some .1 i f f i rut t y. .11 •:n, the "C" scam
in CLe Rcnr Coal i~linc thins trn~:lyd the ra~ntL 1~~.lvinr~ only :~ 1;In:111
amount of coal remaining in the le,v;chnld in :cc.s. 7 and ].6. The coal
quality of ehc "C" scam is vory Lood and wi 11 .~.v~~rngc about ]?,500 Rtu.
The overburden in chic nroa is y,oncrnlly fnv~~rablc far minin8 wlCh only
?.00-.1400 fact of cuvl•r. The "C" hcd iti vml~•rlnin Ly Ihr_ "A" :ntd "R"
beds with a separation hrtwrcn Cllr_ bod:, of nLnnC 45 feet vrrnge. The
ov~•rlying beds i.ncludc the "h", "li" :tad "F" hr•11; 1:ith a nep:uaCion of
about 180 fret betwcrn the "("' and "U" brds ^nd ^n r~1~1a1 nrparation
distance be_twocn the "U" and "ti" coal hod,. It Is the nplnion of the
Mluing Supervisor Chat with Ihls r.rpa ration, ILr rc r;L~~uld br no problems
develop Ly mininl; tLc "C" bed h~•fare I~;.:trnrl In{•, Ihr •Ipprr hrd:; :Ind I:hat
maximum coal can be rcrov~•rod from the "U" nn~l "F:" lards.