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Breaks ground for mine <br />Reams Construction, <br />which was awarded the con- <br />tractfor diggtngthe sedimen- <br />tary pond, building the haul <br />road and two access roads, <br />as well as the diversion ditch, <br />started removing the top soli <br />to store for reclamation pur- <br />poses later. <br />Two other maJor contracts <br />were let last week, according <br />to mine manager Lance <br />Wade. C1v11 Constructors out <br />of Carbondale will erect the <br />shop, bath house. Cuel bulld- <br />ing, and put in the employee <br />parking lot. Reams is sub- <br />contracted for the dirt. ex- <br />cavatlon, and underground <br />utlllties. Carver Brothers has <br />been contracted for renova- <br />tion of four buildings on the <br />mine site. <br />Wade said the company Is <br />beginning hiring the salaried <br />employees, with a total of <br />eight (himself included) to be <br />working the Piew Horizon. <br />'Then hiring wN begin 1n early <br />May for the hourly workers, <br />"beginning with the recall of <br />the United Mlne Workers <br />panel"• <br />The work taking place right <br />now Includes removal of the <br />top 18 lnclies of topsoil; <br />40,000 to 50,000 yards oC <br />dirt from the sediment pond, <br />which will hold all the ground <br />water and run-oR from the <br />mine site. ,~~~ <br />Tony Labato, speaking for <br />Reams Construction, said <br />the company's policy 1s to <br />hire as many local people as <br />mss161e. With the amount of <br />work taking place at thts time <br />and the work still to do wer <br />the next several months, <br />Reams expects to be hiring a <br />Cew mote people soon. <br />