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• <br />:~-~ <br />• <br />TABLIi 1 <br />Coal Data Summary <br />ualit <br />BTU/lb. <br />Ash <br />Moisture % <br />Sulfur % <br />uantit <br />Thickness of seam (feet) <br />Depth (feet) to coal . <br />recoverable by strip method <br />Dip (degrees) <br />Recoverable coal by <br />strip .method (tons) <br />9760 to 10,600 <br />6.0 to 6.5 <br />13.6 to 19.0 <br />0.28 to 0.30 <br />42 to 68 <br />Varies because of dip <br />0 - 300 feet <br />50 to 82 easterJ.y <br />4,980,500 <br />The type of mine proposed is a surface mine using strip mining techniques.. <br />The annual production would be at the rate of 609,390 tons for an estimated <br />mine life of 8 years on the 770-acre proposed tract. <br />The number of employees required to conduct the mining and hauling opera- <br />tions would remain at 114. Facilities within the lease area may include <br />an office building, change house, fuel storage and equipment storage and <br />maintenance buildings. <br />Most facilities outside the tract needed for the mining operations arc i.n <br />place, such as power lines, telephone cable and haul roads. Some minor <br />relocations of facilities will be needed within the lease area, such as <br />rerouting the existing county road and telephone cables. <br />A surface mining operation using scrapers, crawler tractors and trucl:s .i.s <br />proposed by the applicant. This method is currently employed on Kerr's <br />existing mine. USGS believes this is the best method to gain the mar,imum <br />economic recovery of the coal resources in this area. Kerr Coal's initial <br />mining plan calls f'or.three separate cells or pi l- areas. (Sec map u3.) <br />• <br />3 <br />