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TRAPPER 1HINING 1NC. <br />December 21, 2006 <br />Mr. Billy Owens <br />MSHA -District 9 <br />P.O. Box 25367, DFC <br />Denver, CO 80225-0367 <br />RE: K-Order No. 7620997 -Modification Request (Task 61 <br />Deaz Mr. Owens: <br />Stabilization work on the landslide that occurred at Trapper on October 8, 2006 has <br />progressed well in accordance with the K-Order modifications previously issued by <br />MSHA. These modifications have allowed Trapper to: Task 1) -remove brush along the <br />southern margin of the slide azea in order to better monitor Bound movements; Task 2) - <br />seal tension cracks along the southeastern margin of the slide area to reduce future <br />moisture infiltration; Task 3) - construct a buttress north of the exposed H-seam coal at <br />the south end of G-dip pit; Task 4) - pwsue plans for exploratory drilling activities to <br />further evaluate the slide (drilling has been approved but has still not yet begun); and <br />Task 5) -continue tension crack sealing work on the southern end of the slide area. <br />Trapper Mining Inc. (TMI) is currently planning to perform one (1) additional task <br />immediately adjacent to the boundary of the slide area. TMI is specifically requesting <br />that K-Order No. 7620997 be further modified to allow the following: <br />Task 6: Clean, rip and mine the block of H-seam coal located adjacent w <br />the southeast corner of the slide. <br />The following discussion provides additional detail regarding the proposed Task 6 and <br />the particulaz safety measures that aze planned to be utilized. A revised map indicating <br />the location where the proposed task wit] occur is included for your reference Tra er <br />Mining Inc.. MSHA Work Plan Tasks 1 - 6. Gpit Slide Area_ December 19 2006 <br />Task 6: Trapper Mine would like to clean, rip and mine the block of H-seam coal <br />located adjacent to the southeast corner of the slide. The buttress that was requested to be <br />built under Task #3 is complete, thus protecting the coal in this reserve block from further <br />movemern. The coal cleaning will be accomplished with track dozers, rubber tired <br />dozers, and/or motor-gaders. To prepaze for mining, the coal will be ripped and <br />loosened with dozers in lieu of utilizing explosives. The loosened coal will be picked up <br />with scrapers and hauled north down the hill utilizing the spoil bench that the dragline <br />S:VviSHACOMPVC Order Mad Reque~ #3 (H-seam cml recovery}dac <br />P.O. Box 187 Craig, Colorado 81626 (970) 824-4401 <br />