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• DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING MINING OPERATIONS <br />Western Slope Carbon, Inc. owns three underground coal mines on the <br />North Fork of the L,lmnison River. Of these, two are idle. Only one <br />of the two inactive mines is anticipated to ever be reopened again. <br />The third was abandoned in ]947 by the previous owners. The active <br />mine is kno~m as the Hawk's Nest East mine. REferring to the surface <br />facilities map on the next page, the east and west mines are adjacent <br />to the circled position mmbers 1 and 2 respectively. <br />Although crnq~lete facilities for the production of coal exist at the <br />portal to the West mine, this Prn,;pment is not being used. The only <br />production Domes frcan the East mine where coal is conveyed to a mine <br />mouth crusher which produces minus 3" coal. The portal and crusher are <br />located just to the north of Colorado state hic~noay 133. The crushed <br />coal is then ~nveyed across the road about 150 feet to a 600-ton capacity <br />• loadout bin. Ioadout frvn this overhead bin is to conventional end-dam <br />25-ton capacity trucks. Approximately 41 truckloads of opal per day are <br />transported via paved road to a surge pile located at the crosshatched <br />area next to position number 3 cm the surface facilities map. Front- <br />end loaders (9-yard bucket) then fill train cars from the surge pile <br />which is maintained at about 2,000 tons. The mine is operated for about <br />14 hours per working day, while the trucking and loadout to rail cars is <br />only performed about 6-hours per working day. Amore detailed diagram <br />of the facilities is shaven in Exhibit 1 (map pouch on inside back cover). <br />• <br />-3- <br />