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<br />TABLE 2 <br />MINING PRODUCTION SCHEDULE <br />Year ~ (2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 8+ <br />1,000 tons/year 150 300 900 1,500 2,000 2,800 3,200 4,000 <br />Source: Dorchester 1980. <br />Average employment for the development of the mine would be 150 workers for <br />the initial construction stages and 50 to 200 workers for the mining phase. <br />Maximum employment levels would be reached in approximately 9 years with 450 <br />workers and continue at this level for mine life. <br />MINING OPERATION PROCEDURES <br />Many procedures and considerations must be evaluated and planned before mining <br />operations would commence. In addition to and following applicable federal, <br />state, and local regulations and laws, plans have been developed for both <br />surface and underground areas for: 1) the actual mining and mine site <br />facilities, 2) refuse and spoils disposals and reclamation, 3) air, noise, and <br />water pollution controls, 4) safety guidelines for employees and for use of <br />equipment, 5) hazard control measures, 6) reclamation of mine site and <br />transportation routes, and 7) transportation of the coal. Utility corridor <br />and work force requirements are also described under the mine plan. Map 2 <br />shows the locations of surface facilities. <br />Office, change house, shops, ventilation, structures, conveyors, preparation <br />plan, stockpiles, and load out facilities fora 4-million-ton per year mine are <br />planned. These facilities would be largely located on private land. <br />Dorchester Mining Plan <br />The mine is an underground mine with entry of the outcrop on private land. Two <br />seams are proposed to be mined: the Cameo seam (top) and the Anchor seam <br />(lower). It is expected that the full thickness of the Anchor seam (5 1/2 <br />feet) would be mined, but only 11 to 12 feet of the Cameo seam. <br />The Cameo (upper) seam would be mined first so as not to damage the Anchor <br />(lower) seam and the strata between the seams. As the extraction of the Cameo <br />progresses, mining would commence in the Anchor as long as the Anchor <br />extraction takes place only under the mined-out portion of the Cameo, and not <br />in a manner that will jeopardize the main entry sets in the Cameo. <br />2-10 <br />