PERMFILE104174

• Permit No: C1981044A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: Permit page 1 through 3
• Section_Exhibit Name: Introduction
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

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INTRODUCTION
• Cyprus Empire Corporation (CEC), did submit a permit revision to Permit No. C-SL-044. The permit revision
allowed the mining of the "E" Coal Seam located directly under the "F" Coal Seam, previously mined by CEC.
With that application, CEC has prepared a detailed mining and reclamation plan to effect compliance with the Coal
Regulations of the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Board, and in addition, has reorganized and updated all
applicable information in its presently approved permit.
CEC plans to utilize longwall mining as its primary mining method. However, the standard room-and-pillar
mining method will be utilized for development of the longwall panels, and if needed, to supplement coal
production. The name of the CEC operation will be "Eagle Mines".
CEC is a Deleware Corporation with Articles of Incorporation on file with the Secretary of State of Deleware. The
principal shareholder of CEC is Cyprus Coal Company, Englewood, Colorado, 80155.
CEC operated the Eagle Mines beginning in 1972 as a subsidiary of Zigler Coal Co. Cyprus Coal Company
acquired CEC from Zigler Coal Company in 1982, and has been operating under an approved Colorado Mine Land
Reclamation Board permit since August, 1983.
Geogr~~ical Settine
The CEC site lies approximately seven (7) miles south of Craig, Colorado on State Highway 13. The mine site,
and adjacent area lie at the foot of the prominent Williams Fork Mountains, which trend east to west immediately to
the South. The general geographical location of the CEC operation is shown on Figure 1, General Location Map.
• The elevation of the permit area ranges from a low of approximately 6,130 feet in the Big Bottom area, to a high of
about 7,400 feet th the Williams Fork Mountains. The entire operation is located in Moffat County, Colorado.
There are two (2) major northwestern Colorado rivers which intersect the permit area. These are: 1) Yampa River
and 2) Williams Fork River. The Yampa River rnns from north to south through the permit area, while the
Williams Fork River runs from south to north and intersects the Yampa River just north of the mine facilities area.
The northern portion of the permit area is dominated by the Big Bottom alluvium, while the southern and eastern
portions of the permit area are dominated by the Williams Fork Mountains and the river beds of the Yampa and
Williams Fork Rivers.
The CEC Mine Site is located in an azea which has been previously mined by surface and underground mining.
The earliest records of mining show that underground mining began in the area in the late 1920's and early 1930's.
While surface strip mining began around 1975.
The major mines which have operated in the past are: 1) Wise Hill (1,2,3,4), Williams Fork Strip (1,2,3), and
Trapper Strip. The Trapper Strip Mine began operations in 1976 and operations have continued since that time.
CEC began mining in the Eagle No. 5 Mine in 1972 and continues to the present. The No. 5 Mine ("F" Coal Seam)
utilized room-and-pillar methods until 1985 when economics dictated a change to the longwall mining method.

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