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<br />Environmental studies started in 1972, and ~+ere intensified in 1973 and 1974. <br />These studies will continue throughout the l1Ee of the project. The land will be <br />reclaimed to as productive a condition as before mining and every practicable <br />effort will be made to protect the wildlife, water, and air quality of the area. <br />LOCATION OF THE AREA <br />The trapper Mine is situated along the northern slope of the Williams Fork Moun- <br />tains, approximately four to six miles southwest of Craig, Colorado (See Attachment <br />1 - next page). The surface boundaries of the mine are six miles long (east to <br />west) by two miles wide (north to south). From 5,000 to 6,000 acres of land will <br />ultimately be disturbed by surface mining to supply approximately sixty eight mil- <br />lion tons of coal over a thirty-five-year period to the Craig Station. <br />NATURE OF COAL DEPOSITS AND GEOLOGY <br />Coal is mined from the Williams Fork Formation which was formed in the Cretaceous <br />Period more than sixty-three million years ago. The strippable depth of the over- <br />burden overlying the mineable coal seams ranges from about 20 feet near the outcrop <br />of the coal to about 150 feet. The slopes of the coal seams are approximately 6Y. <br />steeper than the surface slope of the land. <br /> <br />