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Drilling will commence with a 5-5/8" or 5-3/4" diameter pilot hole through the coal to <br />approximately twenty feet below the coal seam. Immediately after the holes are drilled, <br />a bentonite slurry (drilling mud: 50 second Marsh funnel viscosity) will be pumped into <br />the hole for purposes of conditioning and stabilizing the hole. The rig will then move off <br />the hole. Each hole will then be logged with geophysical tools (natural gamma ray, <br />gamma-gamma density, resistivity, and caliper). Soon after the drilling has been <br />completed, about one out of every five holes will be "twinned" and core drilled through <br />the coal. <br />No topsoil leveling or removal will be necessary at drilling locations or for drilling rig <br />access. Access will be by highway or overland travel designed to minimize surface <br />disturbance. <br />All drill holes will be plugged and sealed immediately after completion of drilling and <br />logging. Cuttings from drilling will be placed in drill holes. Excess cuttings will be <br />disposed of or removed. All drilling sites will be cleared of any trash or debris and left in <br />neat and orderly fashion. <br />ITEM 5.B.1: None <br />ITEM 5.6.2: None <br />ITEM 5.6.3: Indian rice grass 9.29# <br />Galleta 20.00# <br />Sand Drop Seed 1.29# <br />Gamma 3.30# <br />Dr as stipulated by the surface land owner. <br />ITEM 5.6.4: See Attached Table 1 <br />ITEM 5.6.5: Aquifers are not expected to be encountered during this drilling program <br />due to the shallow nature of the drill holes and the fact that the coal strata at Third Park <br />is anticipated to be relatively dry because of the deeply incised streams around the <br />perimeter of Third Park and unlike the New Horizon Mine area, Third Park is not <br />irrigated. <br />ITEM 5.B.5: The proposed coal exploration holes are relatively shallow and will vary <br />from about 51 feet deep to about 155 feet deep which includes the 20 feet or so that <br />each pilot hole will be drilled to below the mineable coal bed. The average total depth is <br />about 70 feet. Upon reaching total depth of each of the holes drilling mud consisting of <br />bentonite gel will be mixed to a Marsh funnel viscosity of 50 seconds. The drilling mud <br />