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<br /> <br />Wayne Doughty- was interested in salvage value of the <br />structures. Estimated $40,000 to remove just the salvageable <br />structures and get them on the ground (conveyor, truck dump <br />scale, etc.). Problem is the steady trains at the West Elk <br />Mine this winter. <br />Yenter & Sons- Worked with Beavers. Their part of the bid <br />included only blasting down the Silos at $96,000. They went <br />with Beavers because they did not have enough time to contact <br />other contractors to bid out the rest of the work. They were <br />very surprised to hear the bid come in at $419,410. The <br />stated that Beavers got "greedy". Did not believe the <br />railroad insurance or time frame was a problem. <br />Norkwest 2000- Did not want to be responsible to both State <br />and Railroad. He would prefer having set dates for the work. <br />Also concerned about the lack of specificity as to who does <br />repairs and when if the tracks are damaged. <br />Miners Inc.- Bid came in at $296,854. One condition is placed <br />on the bid and that is in regards to the Railroad Right of <br />Entry Agreement. A paragraph indemnifies the Railroad for its <br />own negligence except for willful misconduct, cross <br />negligence, and/or criminal actions. They will indemnify the <br />Railroad as per the wording in the first sentence and that <br />only, unless their insurance company can agree to a re- <br />phrasing of the second sentence to the satisfaction of both <br />parties. Miners Inc. does not feel that a larger time frame <br />to clear the tracks would change the amount of the bids. They <br />hope they can do the project and work with the Railroad on the <br />wording of the Right of Entry Agreement. <br />I think we can pretty much narrow the problem of lack of bids and <br />the high bids as a result of the railroad right of entry agreement <br />and the time limitation to close down the railroad tracks. One <br />thing that I would like to stress is the difficulty I have had in <br />regards to cooperation from the Railroad. The Railroad is very set <br />in their ways making it difficult to reach a compromise. The Right <br />of Entry Agreement was discussed for several months with the <br />Railroad, and it was only the day after the pre-bid meeting did I <br />finally receive the final draft from the Railroad, which was very <br />different from the first draft. This left no time for an <br />appropriate response to the agreement. <br />The time frame in which the tracks could remain closed was a last <br />minute statement made by Mountain Coal Company. The two (2) day <br />limitation was decided by the company because of the frequency in <br />which they load coal at the West Elk Mine. In the month of <br />September alone, they loaded over 40 trains. They typical month <br />for West Elk is around 25 trains. Chris Niykos at the mine stated <br />that November and December are the busiest months and January and <br />February are the slowest months (average 25 trains). <br />