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• Energy Pit I.r3 and north of the previously indicated Pit Gi, <br />Energy Fuels began the start-up of overburden removal and <br />plant construction at Pit 03 in 1974, During 1975, a new <br />crushing and unit train rail car loading plant at Pit u3 was <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 :~3 PRODUCTIOti <br />Year No. "i F!in~ p^oduc:_cn <br />1975 527,083 <br />1976 518,881 <br />1977 385,520 <br />• . <br />Coal mined from Energy Pit 1~3 has historically been private <br />and state owned, Should Energy Fuels be aorardad a lease cn <br />the subject tract, they propose a continuation of their <br />present operation to mine the federal coal within the <br />subject tract. <br />i <br />The existing operation currently follows the outcrop of t!:e <br />Fudge coal seam and is advancing to the .south of the Enerb~ <br />Pit 43 tipple facilities. The total recoverable reserve <br />i <br />base within the application parcel is estimated to be <br />2,429,846 tons recoverable Crom the Ffadge seam, which <br />' avera <br />ges about 13 feet thick across file parcel, The quality <br />I <br />I <br />23 <br />