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<br />The Cliff House Sandstone~consieting of interbedded, thin to massive, marine
<br />sandstones, thin- to thick-bedded, silty shales, and mudstones forme the sur-
<br />face of the lease application area. The underlying Menefee Formation consists
<br />of nonmarine, lenticular, chin to massive and croasbedded sandstones; inter-
<br />bedded black shales, carbonaceous shales and coal.
<br />COAL--In the area of the present Ring Coal lease the Menefee Formation is at
<br />leant 280 feet chick and contains two thick, minable, coal beds; two thick coal
<br />zones chat include interbedded shale, earbonaceoua or coaly shale, and a• many
<br />as five other thin to thick coal seams (see fig. 3 and Exhibit B).
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<br />The only coal bed presently mined in the Hay Culeh area is the Upper Henefee.
<br />("Pueblo" or "B1R Vein"), referred to in ehie report as eoa~~ Coal
<br />b~Z is a out 22 feet below the base of the Cliff House Sandstone in drill-
<br />hole NKC in the :E~tSEkNW~L see. 32, T. 35 N., R. 11 W. According to Zapp (1949),
<br />coal bed 1 averages a little leas than 6 feet thick in the Hay Gulch area and
<br />is generally free of partings. In the King Coal Hine this bed is reported to
<br />range from about 65 to 85 inches thick, Three drill holes (fig. 2) on the A. T.
<br />Hassey property, a JoinLng the King Coal lease and application area in sec. 32,
<br />T. 35 N,, R. 11 E., report 5.8 to 7 feet of coal in coal bed 1. ,(~,
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<br />A coal seam about 1 foot thick is exposed locally along the north side of Hay~.{~ G)
<br />Gulch in secs. 29 and 30, T. 35 N., R. 11 E. It probably represents the bed
<br />shown on Exhibit B, 14 feet above coal bed 2. a~'
<br />Coal bed 2 is about 80
<br />No. 2 Mine (figs. 1-2)
<br />is 6 feet thick in the
<br />the King Coal lease.
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<br />feet stratigraphically below coal bed 1 in the Burnvell~~j
<br />adjoining the King Coal lease in Hay Gulch. Coal bed 2 A
<br />Burnwell mine, and 5 feet thick in drill-hole NKC on
<br />Coal beds below coal bed 2 are known only from drill-hole data (fig. 3, and ~,j l'
<br />Exhibit B). These beds are 2 feet or less thick (Exhibit B); are considered ~
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<br />not to be of economic interest ac the present time, and were not considered ,}~~
<br />in the following coal reserve tonnage calculations.
<br />QUALITY OF COAL--Analysis of coal from Che National King Coal Hine (Exhibits C
<br />and D) indicate a very low sulfur, ash, and moisture content. The coal is
<br />high-volatile 8, and premium grade high-volatile A bituminous rank (Goolsby,
<br />1979, p. 45), is reported to have coking coal properties, and be an excellent
<br />steam coal. Herryhill (1951), Dawson (1978), George (1937), Goolsby (1979),
<br />Haines (19]3), Zapp (1949), and others, list other coal analyses from coal
<br />beds 1 and 2 in the Hay Gulch area.
<br />GEOLOGIC HAZARDS--No unusual geologic hazards are known that might adversely
<br />effect mining in the application area. Normal ground-eater tables are probably
<br />below coal bed 1, [he bed [o be mined in the application area.
<br />PRIOR COAL EXPLORATION IN SUBJECT APPLICATION AREA--None knorm.
<br />DATA ACQUISITION AND ACKNO4ILEDCHENTS--Data gathered in this report is basically
<br />from published reports and from U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation Division
<br />files (see References). The writer spent part of a day in the Hay Culeh area,
<br />met with Hr. Brad Coshe, mine superintendent, Mrs. Violet Smith, and Mr. Al
<br />Salter, National King Coal Inc, engineer. Coal thickness data in the King
<br />Coal Hine haulagevay, bordering the lease application area, vas obtained from
<br />Messrs. Coshe and Salter, and from Conservation Division Mining files.
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<br />November 1993
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