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completed in 1980, with backfilling, topsoiling and revegetation completed <br />contemporaneously. <br />To the south of Foidel Creek, operations at Mine 1 and Eckman Park have extracted coal <br />from the Wadge seam along a dip slope which extends from the headwaters of Foidel Creek <br />for several miles to the northeast. Mining began along the northeast end of the dip slope in <br />the vicinity of the Mine 1 permit area in the early 1960's, and mining operations have <br />progressed from northeast to southwest, with Eckman Park located to the southwest of <br />Mine 1. <br />Mining, backfilling, topsoiling and reseeding has been completed at all areas of this permit <br />with. [he exception of some small areas associated with the dragline pazking area. The <br />dragline pazking area is also referred to as "Trudy's corner" and comprises approximately 5 <br />acres. In its final years of production in the late 1980's, the mine produced approximately 1.2 <br />million tons of coal per year. <br />Several mining areas operated concurrently in the Eckman Park Mine area. Area 61 pits were <br />oriented along the dip of the coal seam such that mining progressed from northeast to <br />southwest, while azea 51 pits were oriented parallel to the strike of the coal seam such that <br />mining progressed up the dip slope from northwest to southeast. During initial operations in <br />Eckman Park, boxcut spoils were placed in two approved excess overburden disposal areas <br />along the toe of the dip slope adjacent to Foidel Creek. Construction of both overburden piles <br />is complete, and overburden from each successive dragline cut was spoiled into the preceding <br />cut. Dragline spoil ridges were dozed and graded to create slope configurations <br />approximating the original contours. Grading was followed by topsoil distribution and <br />stabilization, seeding and planting. <br />All of the facilities along the base of the dip slope on either side of Foidel Creek have been <br />transferred to the sister underground operation, Foidel Creek Mine, operated by Twentymile <br />Coal Co. (permit # C-82-056). However,.for the record, the following facilities were at one <br />time used at the Eckman Pazk complex and they include a shop and warehouse complex <br />covering approximately 28 acres; the Tipple No. 2 facility which covers approximately 15 <br />acres and includes a raw coal stockpile, stoker coal facility, truck dump, primary and <br />secondary crushers, a sampling building, covered conveyors, and crushed coal stockpile; the <br />16,000 sq. ft. main office complex; a 3-acre explosives bunker; and a 14-acre equipment <br />construction, servicing and storage area. Numerous sedimentation ponds remain in place to <br />control runoff from disturbed areas of Eckman Park, Mine 1 and Mine 2. Sedimentation <br />ponds associated with this permit are as follows: <br />10 <br />