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August 1999 Appendix G Page G-7 <br />T13S, R91 W. Originally, the Terror Creek Loadout received coal from the Bear No. 3 Mine. <br />Presently, the loadout receives coal from the Sanborn Creek Mine. The Terror Creek Loadout <br />is able to handle approximately 150,000 tons of coal per year. The facility is owned by Oxbow <br />Carbon and Minerals, Inc. (88%) and the Bear Coal Company (12%). The facility is currently <br />operated by Oxbow Carbon and Minerals, Inc. <br />West Elk Mine <br />The West Elk Mine portal facilities are located in the NW'/., Section 16, T13S, R90W. The mine <br />was originally developed as the Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine in 1980 by ARCO under a subsidiary <br />known as West Elk Coal Company, later (1993) changing its name to Mountain Coal Company. <br />The mine was sold in 1998 to Arch Coal, Inc.'s western subsidiary, Arch Western Resources, <br />LLC. <br />The original mine was a room and pillar operation in the F coal seam, but a longwall system of <br />operation was added in the B coal seam in 199t. In 1998, Mountain Coal Company shipped <br />5,900,000 tons of coal from the West EIk Mine. Projections indicate that production could be up <br />to 7.3 million tons in the year 2000 and 8.2 million tons in the year 2005. <br />North Fork Coal • Dratt Environmental Impact Statement <br />