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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />Department o1 Natural Resources <br />7313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />303 866-3567 <br />FA%:303 832-8106 <br />DATE: December 28, 1989 <br />T0: Carl B. Mount <br />FROM: J. M. Clap ton~~iL~~ <br />RE: Orchard Valley Mine, C-81-038, Permitted Coal Production <br />"D" Seam Production <br />of ~~~ <br />~~= 49 <br />„~ r: j8 <br />.+~~. <br />~ re 76 ~ <br />Roy Romer, <br />Governor <br />Fretl R. Banta, <br />Division Director <br />Volume 1, Section 2.05, pane 3 states that the Orchard Valley Mine was <br />protected to produce 1.0 to 1.5 million tons of coal per year. The <br />Orchard Valley West Mine was projected to produce 600,000 tons of coal <br />per year. <br />Based upon market conditions production at the Orchard Valley Project <br />could reach 2.5 million tons per year. <br />It is estimated that approximately 3.7 million tons of coal could be <br />recovered in the "life of mine" period. Additional reserves in the "D" <br />Seam were obtained with Federal Lease C-37210. <br />/bdc <br />2622E <br />