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Mountain Coal Company Exhibit 69 <br />West Elk Mine Sylvester Gulch Facilities <br />Distribution Road <br />A 1400 foot light use road, at an average grade of 7.5%, for distribution power line <br />maintenance access will be built from the substation southward connecting to the <br />shaft site haul/access road before it crosses Sylvester Gulch. Total excavation for <br />this road will be approximately 14,500 cubic yards of which 3,000 cubic yards is <br />topsoil which will be salvaged and stockpiled. Total fill will be 4,800 cubic yards, <br />which will be provided from excavated material. Surplus excavated material will <br />be used for fill at other road locations. <br />Electric Borehole Road <br />A 2,100 foot light-use road, at an average grade of 7.5%, will access the electric <br />borehole location from the southeast end of the shafts site construction ]aydown <br />bench. Total excavation for this road and pad will be 40,400 cubic yards of which <br />7,000 cubic yards is topsoil which will be salvaged and stockpiled. Total fill will be <br />19,500 cubic yards, which will be provided from excavated material. Surplus <br />excavated material from the site will be used for fill at other road locations. <br />Construction Schedule for Ventilation Shafts #1 and #2 <br />Construction of the Shafts #1 and #2 and permanent facilities at the shafts site will <br />commence after the drainage/sediment control features, benches, roads and other facilities <br />outlined previously are in place. Construction of temporary facilities by the contractor <br />will include construction hoisting equipment, supply storage, water storage, electrical <br />switchgear and temporary bath house/office facilities. These facilities will be located on <br />all three benches within the sediment control area. The contractor will begin excavating <br />the intake shaft soil material down to bedrock and temporarily stockpile this subsoil <br />material on the far west bench. This material will be removed periodically by haul truck <br />to a subsoil storage pile located near the new substation. The total volume of subsoil is <br />approximately 8,000 cu. yds. from both shafts. <br />I I Nr v. 1996 PRO7R; Revised Mur 1997 A9R21h <br />Revised Jul. 7997 MR2/9; Revised June 1003 MR297 <br />