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<br />Energy Pit Ik3 and north of the previously indicated Pit U1. <br />Energy Fuels began the start-up of overburden removal and <br />plant construction at Pit 43 in 1974. During 1975, a new <br />crushing and unit train rail car loading plant at Pit ~3 xas <br />completed, and the first production shipments were made from <br />the mine. Production from the Energy #3 mine is tabulated <br />below. <br />TABLE 2 <br />ENERGY PIT 43 PRODUCTION <br />Year No. '~ Mine Production <br />1975 <br />1976 <br />1977 527,083 <br />518,887 <br />385,520 <br />Coal mined from Energy Pit ~3 has historically been private <br />and state owned. Should Energy Fuels be axarded a lease on <br />the subject tract, they propose a continuation of their <br />present operation to mine the federal coal xithin the <br />subject tract. <br />The existing operation currently follows the outcrop of the <br />Wadge coal seam and is advancing to the south of the Energy <br />Pit 43 tipple facilities. The total recoverable reserve <br />base xithin the application parcel is estimated to be <br />2,429,846 tons recoverable from the Wadge seam, xhich <br />averages about 13 feet thick across the parcel. The quality <br />23 <br />