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<br />Page 2 <br />Quality analysis of the No. 2 ba3, with a few thin bony bands, is <br />as follows: <br />Moisture 9.78 <br />Volatile Matter 38.08 <br />Fixed Carbon 46.98 <br />Ash 5.4~ <br />Sulfur 0.68 <br />Btu/lb ll,840 <br />Overburden of the Ohio Creek No. 2 Mine varies frog a fen feet at <br />portal entrance to a maximun of 200 fzet. <br />No other valuable mineral resources have been identified on or <br />near lease lands. Also, no oil and gas wells or water wells have <br />been located within the aces. <br />Ohio Creek No. 1 mine is located approximately one mile to the <br />northeast of Chio Creek No. 2 mine. <br />Description of Applicant's Proposal <br />( Ohio Creek No. 2 is a shall ongoing operation; mining is conducted <br />by roan and pillaz method. The main access slope entries were <br />developed fran the surface out¢oo dcm dip to approximately the <br />lease boundary barrier pillaz. Roan panels were turned Loth to <br />the left and right of slope entiies. the roac:s will to mined 20 <br />to 25 feet wide on 35 to 40 foot centers. Pillars will be <br />exract~ when retreating out of the roans. <br />The coal faces will be undercut by shcrt wall a:tting ~rachines, <br />drilled with hard held electric oral drills and hlasta3 with <br />peanissible explosives. RroKen opal will to loaded by shaking <br />conveyors into mine cars and puller to surface ty an electrically <br />p~.rerei hoist. <br />All surface mine construction and przoaration has previously beep <br />completed. Tbtal acrz3ge of disturber area a3uals approximately <br />2.34 acres. <br />Currant praduRion is approximately 4,000 tons per year and is <br />projected to continue at this rate. If the darestic mar;<et <br />demands increase and if additional machinery is acquired, they <br />produc'~ion will increase. The mire arploys a total of 8 pe-sons. <br /> <br /> <br />Major mining equiQnent includes the following: <br />