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<br />the Energy Mine No. 1: <br />Energy Mine <br />Year No. 1 (Tons) <br />7462 23,722 <br />1963 309,618 <br />1964 358,215 <br />1965 393,068 <br />1966 416,096 <br />1967 495,107 <br />1968 505,045 <br />1969 564,933 <br />1970 621,889 <br />1971 517,903 <br />In 1972, Energy Fuels began an expansion program to increase <br />production from their mine. The program was initiated xith <br />the opening of Energy Pit #2 (north of Pit #1 and appli- <br />cation C-22644 on fee coal) and the purchase of additional <br />equipment to increase overburden removal capacity of Energy <br />Pit #1. <br />In 1973 Energy Fuels consummated an agreement to deliver <br />22,275,000 tons of coal to Public Service Company of <br />Colorado over a 14-year period ending June 30, 1987. During <br />the same year, Energy Fuels started engineering and design <br />work to construct a new crushing and unit train rail car <br />loading facility to handle production incre~'§es from Energy <br />Mine Nos. 1 and 2. The crushing and loading plant was <br />designed to load rail ears at the unit train loading rates <br />specified in the contract with Public Service Company. <br />In 1975, the crushing and unit train rail car loading plant <br />7 <br />