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Page 3 <br />• <br />5. Better visual control of operations. <br />coal recovery. <br />Allows more and safer <br />6. Safer access to all parts of the mine \ <br />The applicant, Colorado Westmoreland, Int., has e~vresse3 a desire to <br />mine coal from only one side of the `fain north entries, which is consid- <br />ered to be the best method of mining. If both sides of the entries are <br />mined, there is the possibility o` creating a concentrated weight load <br />on the :forth ;fain entries which may result in a squeeze condition and <br />possible loss of coal. / <br />Colorado Westmoreland opened the Orchard Valle, *iine in the "D" seam which <br />is the uppermost coal bed. Beneath the "D" seam, there exists the "E" and <br />"C" coal beds. Both of the beds (B 5 C) are considered to be workable. <br />~ L~~C_g'ra .36' coo/ ,°e~ of ~~'~~°~'~°rf• <br />b <br /> <br />.,,. <br />C c-/o <br /> <br />B ~ C-2S~` <br />t <br />Currently the company has a lease, Colorado 25079, that contains 310.5 <br />acres of coal lands. They need addit'_onal coal land to allow tie company <br />to continue operations to fill their market contracts for the coal. <br />The coal is located in the Pfesaverde Fo__ration of Cretaceous Age. The <br />coal within the application lands will range in thickness from 26 feet to <br />8 feet. The coal thins toward the north. To allow for maxinum recovery <br />of the thitker coal, the company will be allowed to nine only the upper <br />12 feet o_` the thicker coal sear toward the north to the isopach 1i~e <br />where the full seam thickness is 16 feet. <br /> <br />~.. <br />