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Minimization and conservation of the Coal Resource <br />• Energy Fuels used detailed and current engineering designs to plan all <br />surface mining activities in order to maximize recovery. <br />Energy Duels engineered mine plan as described in greater detail in Section <br />780.11, eliminates all coal fenders. In addition pit widths are designed to <br />minimize or eliminate rib loss. A fleet of small trucks and small loader <br />are contracted to recover the coal remaining along the edge of the spoils <br />which the larger coal loading equipment cannot recover without contaminating <br />beyond use of the spoil material. Auger mining, which is a relatively new <br />concept in western mining is proposed in this application to reduce coal <br />losses in areas where topography prohibits stripping activities and shallow <br />depth prohibits underground mining. <br /> <br />• <br />TR 90-29 780-141(d)(1) Revised 04/11/90 <br />