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eh <br />ESPEY, HUSTON b ASSOCIATES, INC. <br /> <br />Since ceasing operation, the entrance to the mine has collapsed and currently <br />extends approximately 10 feet into the hillside. <br />The Rienau No. 1 (G-Seam) underground mine was operated on federal <br />coal lease D-04240 (NWy.SE'/., Sec. 29, T2N, R93W), immediately opposite the <br />existing Rienau No. 2 (G-Seam) Mine owned by Northern Coal Company. The <br />Rienau No. 1 (G-seam) was operated intermittently between 1933 and 1965, when it <br />was closed for roof problems probably associated with the room-and-pillaz design. <br />Coal was mined from the G seam, in the Williams Fork Formation with a total <br />production recorded by the USGS of 123,025 tons. Projection of the subsurface to <br />surface azea of this mine shows the mine to have been about 7.59 acres in size. The <br />lessee of, record and operator of the Rienau No. 1 (G-Seam) Mine was William <br />Jenkins, Jr. <br />The Rienau No. 2 (G-Seam) Mine is currently operated by Northern Coal <br />Company on federal lease C-076713 (NE3:SW~, Sec. 29, T2N, R93W)• This mine was <br />first opened in 1966, also in the G seam, and is immediately opposite the Rienau <br />No. 1 (G-seam) Mine on the west side of State Highway 13/789• Because modifi- <br />cations to the mine aze included as part of this application, they will not be <br />discussed further here. <br />The FF seam is no longerbeing mined (at the Northern No. 1 (FF-Seam) <br />Mine) on coal lands privately owned by Phillip Jensen, et al• The mine is located in <br />NEYSE%, Section 21, Township 2 North, Range 93 West, 6th P.M. under an approved <br />CMLRB permit No. 79-9, dated May 31, 1979. <br />There aze no active, inactive or abandoned surface mine areas within or <br />adjacent to the mine plan azea. <br /> <br />`~, V <br />~a, <br />C~ <br />F-19 <br />