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2.05.3 Operation Plan - Permit Area <br />• <br />Production Methods and Equipment <br />Peerless Resources, Inc. has selected its mining procedures on the basis <br />of past underground mining operations, the nature of the overburden, <br />and the structural setting of the coal seams. Each phase of the <br />underground mining has been scheduled so that all equipment can be <br />operated in situations suitable to their design capabilities. The <br />overall operation plan is designed to flow logically from entry <br />development through pillar extraction upon retreat. The plan is <br />designed to maximize coal recovery and minimize environmental <br />disturbances. <br />Peerless Resources, Inc. is planning to mine the "A" Coal Seam using the <br />underground mining method of room and pillar mining. The projected mine <br />plan is shown on the Mine Plan hlap (Map 11). '-~>~' ~" t'~ -z`o~ - `a <br />• Room and pillar mining has been used at other past underground coal <br />mining operations near the Coal Gulch Mine, and this method of mining <br />has proven to be very effective and efficient for recovery of coal <br />reserves. <br />The initial mining will begin with the driving of new entries from the <br />surface in the location shown on the Mine Plan Map (Map 11). Roof <br />support and ventilation will be established to provide access into the <br />coal reserves. <br />The main entries will be developed utilizing continuous mining <br />techniques with the rooms on 60-foot centers and 18-feet wide. The main <br />entries will proceed from the surface slightly up-dip. Panel <br />development areas will extend from the mains as shown on the Mine Plan <br />Map (Map 11). The mine entries will be the main access for men and <br />equipment into the operation, provide for ventilation intake and <br />• exhaust, and provide for conveyor haulage of the coal out from the mine. <br />2.05-2 ~1~C <br />