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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br />`" ~ _ - - - <br />Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />2.04.3 Area Resources: <br />(1) The environmental resources within the proposed permit area will <br />not be affected by the underground mining operation. <br />(2) (a) The use of the land at this time and historically are wild- <br />life habitat and range land. <br />(b) The topography is hillside, covered with oak brush, sage <br />brush and grasses. The soil is principally sandy loam and <br />quite rocky. The average annual precipitation is ]8.8 <br />inches. <br />The productivity of the land based on B.L.M. figures for <br />grazing in that area is 8-9 acres per animal unit month. <br />(3) (a) The type of mining method used in the previously mined area <br />was room and pillar. <br />(b) The coal seam mined was the Pueblo. <br />(c) T)ie amount of coal removed was approximately 32,500 tons. <br />(d) The mining has been carried on intermittently since around <br />1950. <br />. (e) The use of the land prior to the mining operations was <br />livestock grazing. <br /> <br />