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Structurally, the 2 West area is near the axis of the Williams Fork <br />• Anticline. This structure is slightly recumbent, with the axial plane <br />dipping to the northeast and plunging to the north-northwest. The western <br />limb becomes steeply dipping, and Empire Energy intends to continue mining <br />until the dip becomes prohibitive. <br />Sources of Data <br />The 2 West area has been carefully studies by rotary drilling, spot <br />coring, field mapping, photogrametric observation and remote sensing <br />techniques. Additional coring from within the No. 5 Mine is currently <br />underway. To date, coring underground in 2 West has been achieved at two <br />locations. Please refer to Exhibit C for the location of these holes. <br /> <br />Underground Drilling <br />The first hole drilled underground in 2 West was located in 2 West 1 <br />R Entry at crosscut 54. This hole was designed to provide a known control <br />point with which other holes could be compared to determine seam <br />correlation. This hale designated UG-8, showed the E seam to be 59.1 <br />feet below the F seam, and the G seam to be 24.3 feet above the F seam. <br />The results of the second hole (UG-9) indicate that the first fault <br />is a normal fault with displacement downward to the west. The downfaulted <br />block has a slightly different pitch than the eastern block, resulting in <br />;~ a scissor-like displacement along the fault zone. Additionally, core <br />~~' retrieved from the hole indicates that the displacement is on the order of <br />30 feet in the area of 2 41est Mains which resulted in mining from the F <br />