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~~ <br />~~ <br />a~lalt a - MIRZNC PI.At7 <br />Rawkeye Mine -Pioneer Uravan, Inc. <br />October 2, 1978 <br />Ore will be mined underground by modified room and pillar methods <br />used by moat underground uranium and vanadium mixing operators in <br />Western Colorado and Eastern IItah. The rock will be broken into <br />manageable sized pieces, loaded into diesel underground trucks. <br />trucked to the surface, and transferred into larger trucks to be haul- <br />ed to the mill. Whenever possible, all barren rock will be left under- <br />ground sad used as backfill. <br />Total area disturbed at this site is 9.7 acres. Vent holes are <br />mt expected to be needed at this mine. <br />Mining operations will cease when all existing ore i^ mined <br />estimating 25 years, at which time reclamation will be initiated. <br />--- - <br />