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• • u '~~est E!f. Ccal Ccmp3n7, inc. rc,; C:f.cz °ax 591 Sc~erset, Cc!orado 91433 7•_leprcne 373 9.9 505 Decer..ber 20, 1982 ~~ i_•~ _ ~ `_a ~i DCC P~S 1°~2 ,iEnLT~^~ SF.FEIY & E~dlftLi~lil[r.+4ti Dtiaeral '!anacement Service 2135 East t•Sain Street Grand Ju=ction, Colorado 81501 Attn: t•:r. tti~illiam Wentworth District Mining Supervisor Dear Mr. t42ntworth, west Elk Coal Company proposes a change to its mine plan as originally described in the Mining and Re- clamaticn Plan for the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine located near Somerset, Colorado. The.Mine Plan charge is aniror in nature and merely involves . a change of direction of the main entries that pro- vide access to the major portion of the F ccal seam. Exhibit A identifies the original nine plan and Exhibit B identifies the revised direction of mining. This change is the result of final definite mine desicn and engineering co:apleted after the October, 1579 submission of the Pi6R Plan. Geologic data collected and illustrated in Exhibit C, has indicated that portions of the southeast section of Section 15 and the northeast section fo Section 21 are likely to be subject to adverse mining ccnditions such as sand- store channeling, roof and floor weathering, severe topographic changes, roof fract~_ring, and possible hydrologic problems. Our mining experience to date, idicates that geologic conditions are being fairly well predicted by the Geologic Conditions D;ap (Ex- h.ibit c~ . Miring into and through such poor conditions will not only be very difficult and expensive, but such conditions would likely be very unsafe for mine personnel and ecuipmeat. Furthermore, maintaining the lops-term stability of these entries would be •:ery difficult and expensive. .n addition, exploratory coal data sF.oe:s t'.^~t t`e coal _.. t!:e=_e areas i s of very peon c::alit_v. T .'a cc~~i:,ing coal c_° such poor cuality wic.. out-of sear diluticn casued tie '.:eac^ered rcc` gad '_lccr '.:c~_d res::lt i, ~-~ 5:_.