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Description of Exploration, Reclamation and Abandonment Methods <br />It is the objective of this proposed exploration program to <br />better define the quantity and quality of the surface mineable coal seams <br />found in the Williams Fork Formation. <br />The method of exploration will consist of an open hole drilling <br />and coring program of 67 drill holes, which includes 25 twinned holes for <br />coring. Total footage is estimated at 32,260 feet. See the accompanying <br />map titled, "Hart Syncline Proposed 1985-86 Exploration Program" for hole <br />locations and estimated hole depths. <br />Drill holes will be 5 to 6'~ inches in diameter. Drilling media <br />will include air, foam and mud base additives depending upon the drill hole <br />conditions encountered. <br />Drill holes will be geophysically logged using a common coal <br />suite including gamma ray, gamma-gamma density, single point resistivity <br />and caliper. A deviation survey will be conducted on the deeper holes. <br />Drilling and coring will be done with two (2) truck-mounted <br />rotary drilling rigs. The exploration support equipment used will include <br />water trucks, a geophysical Togging truck and four-wheel drive pickup <br />trucks for transporting drilling crews and geologists. A backhoe will be <br />used to dig mud pits when necessary; tractor, dozer and grader will be used <br />for road and dri]1 site construction, maintenance, and reclamation. <br />Existing roads and trails will be utilized wherever possible, and <br />movement by equipment across undisturbed terrain will be kept to a minimum. <br />If existing roads or trails are disturbed by the proposed exploration <br />activities, they will be bladed and returned to a condition equal to or <br />better than their condition prior to commencement of the proposed explora- <br />tion activities. New or additional roads will be constructed only when <br />necessary. <br />-9- <br />