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operation will normally involve an area of two to three • acres underground. As development of the mine continues to enlarge the area of the mine workings, the area of personnel activity will increase as it will be necessary to maintain and inspect periodically the areas where minable coal remains. It is expected that approximately one year is required to install electric power, complete access roads, construct outside mine facilities and auxiliary buildings and prepare the portal of the mine for mining operation. Thereafter, it is anticipated that 60 to 90 days will be required to advance the entries to the point where underground mining of coal could be done on a regular tonnage or daily tonnage basis. It will require thirty (30) years to mine the recoverable coal as now known by the applicant to exist on the lands held. The surface area used for the mine buildings and the portal facilities will be in use for the life of the mine, reclamation to occur thereafter. During the period of operation, waste rock accumulations will be leveled and vehicle compacted approximately every 90 days. In the event a dump is abandoned, it will be leveled and seeded or planted with trees within six months of abandonment. Top soil in the area subject to excavation is thin, if present at all, and occurs in somewhat of a haphazard manner. To the extent • such soils will be recoverable, they will be set aside and later used to cover areas which will be reseeded. As excavations proceed in the area marked on Map A-1 in a northeasterly direction, overburden and waste material will be stored in the area shown as existing waste dumps and the enlarged area marked~as IV for additi al avast dump. To the ext rrt~required, the are^~ rked-w`th-V will also be used waste dump for overburden It i`s-an-t3cfpated that most o he materia om excavation will be used to create benching and platform areas suitable for coal handling and surface buildings. Also, waste material will be used to create access roads. In th area designated as the gulley waste dump area C (IV), wash rock debris will be benched along the 7,180 foot contour and natural sorting of eluvium will occur. No effort will be made to~ecctver topsoil as the gulley is too narrow and rocky foz~ the acc~i ulation of soil. In the Dudley waste dump area (V), e forts will be made to recover what limited top oil occurs rior to utilization of this area before placing waste- ock and overburden therein. As indicated, all waste areas will be leveled and compacted approximately every 90 days and terraced and contoured in such a fashion to blend with the existing topography. • - 12 -