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Table 1. Table of existing mines in the North Fork of the Gunnison River Basin. Includes Coal Seams Mined, Area of <br />Surface Disturbance, Permit Area and Life-of-Mine Area. <br /> <br />Coal Seams Area of Area Covered Under Li fe-of-Mine <br />Mines Mined Surface Disturbance 5-year Permit Area <br /> <br />ARCO Coal ~ - <br />Mt. Gunnison No. Z "F" seam 160 acres 2050 acres 11,699 acre9 . <br />Bear Coal <br />Bear No. I,Z and 3 <br />"C" seam <br />27.3 acres •1647 acres '1647 acres --, <br />(-1360 acres For lands (-1360 acres for lands <br />overlain by ARCO) overlain by ARCO) <br />CoIora do Westmoreland <br />to <br />N <br />Orchard valley "D" seam 72.2 acres 1185.8 acres 1185.8 acres <br />r. <br /> <br />U.S. Steel "B-2" seam 57 acres 2240 acres •9230 acres of approx- <br />Somerset "C" seam (previously mined) imate total adjacent <br /> lease holdings (-716 <br /> acres for sublease to <br /> Western Slope Carbon)- <br /> <br />Blue Ribbon Coal "E" seam 38 acres "390.8 acres "340.8 acres <br />Blue Ribbon (-50 acres for lands (-390.8 acres for <br /> underlain by U.S. lands underlain by <br /> Steel) U.S. Steel) <br />Western Slope Carbon <br />Na wk's Nest <br />"E" seam <br />Wild seam (proposed) <br />"D" seam (proposed) <br />30 acres <br />2050 acres 2050 acres <br />Total Surface Area Which 385 acres 8620 acres 23,736 acres <br />May be Affected by Mining 0.6 miles 2 13.5: miles 2 37.1 miles 2 <br />Operations <br />'These values for area are adjusted in the total by subtracting the quantity in parenthese. <br /> <br />