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EXHIBIT 24 SUBSIDENCE CONTROL PLAN The subsidence control plan which Wyoming Fuel Company (WFC) plans to utilize to monitor and control the subsidence over the mine workings is three-fold. Generally, the first portion of the subsidence control plan consists of the layout of the mine in such a way that room and pillar development sections and some pillar recovery sections are coincident with the renewable resource area and areas overlain by structures. Secondly, calculations have been completed to determine pillar strength in relationship to seam thickness, seam height, roof material, depth to the seam being mined, and configuration of the mine plan. These show that such mining will result in negligible subsidence. The third portion of the subsidence control plan to be utilized at the Golden Eagle Mine consists of monitoring a specific section of the renewable resource • area to be used as a control section for comparing actual subsidence, if any, to the projection of negligible subsidence. The projected mine plan for this permit term and future mining is shown on the Mine Plan Map (Map 3). Mine planning specifically limits the extraction rate to less than 50$ for areas which are overlain by renewable resources. The renewa_,ble resources in the Golden Eagle Mine area consist only of the alluvial valley fl_o~ at the surer face ad-j.acent t9 _the _Purgatoire _Riv` Further discussions of the in depth research associated with the alluvial valley floor are shown in Exhibit 6, Geology and Hydrology Information. Outside of the areas which contain renewable resources, WFC plans to recover as much of the coal resource located in the Golden Eagle Mine as is possible utilizing best available mining technology. During the term of the permit application, no subsidence is expected in the renewable resource area. This is due primarily to the fact that only mine development activity is planned in those