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Twin Pines No. 2 Mine Revised 8/12/94 • Pae.e No. 98 File wp51\1¢,w\tpcoal 2.06.10 COAL PROCESS PLANTS AND SUPPORT FACILITIES NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE PERMIT AREA Twin Pines Coal Sales is located at the site of the original Twin Pines Mine in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 1. T-20-S: R- TO-W of the 6th. P.M. Twin Pines Mine was worked from 1955 until October 1. 1981. Reclamation of the site outside of the tipple area has been completed in accordance with the original permit for Twin Pines Coal Co. The mine site is located on the south bank of the ephemeral stream of South Oak Creek in a Pinon - ,Juniper woodland. PremininK land use of the site was wild life habitat and ranee land. The initial plan set forth in the permit application has allowed for reclaiming the site to the land use existing prior to mining. The hydrological aspects of South Oak Creek are discussed in Section 2.04 of the application and in the J.F. Sado information completed under a Small Operator Assistance Program contained in the application. SITE FACILITIES • The original mine site and facilities are being used for processing and retail sales of domestic coal from Twin Pines No. 2 Mine. Facilities utilized are an elevated tipple with crushing. screening. coal storage. and loading conveyors: a 24 ft. x 40 ft. shop building. a small office building (12 ft. x 14 ft.). a truck scale. well and well house, and existing roads and vard area. The ~iriainal tipple access ramp has been provided with a turn around area to facilitate delivery of raw coal to the tipple. A retaining wall and raw coal storage pad was constructed at the upper tipple area. Stairs were installed for safety and easy access to the uppez tipple area. The coal bins of the tipple have been provided with a roof. A retaining wall and road extension was constructed on the north side of the scales to permit continuous travel across the scales. A 12 ft. x 50 ft. mobile office replaced original scale house. Ir, the vard area. three concrete pads were placed to facilitate loading and storage of processed coal. To date an avex•age of 2.200 tons of coal per year have been processed for domestic sales. A maximum of 3 semi truck loads of coal per week are delivered to the site from the mine for processing. Waste from the coal processing is hauled to the North Spoil Area at the Twin Pines No. 2 mine site. Ar_cess to the site to the site is provided by County Road 86 • which ends at the Coal Sales Site.