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<br />GEC Minerals, Inc. expects to steadily increase production during <br />the period 1981 through 1985 from 150,000 tons to 350,000 tons <br />respectively. This buildup in production is also shown in Table <br />2.05-1, Annual Production Schedule. <br />GEC Minerals does not currently plan to have an underground mining <br />operation and therefore will not have any facilities associated <br />with an underground mine. <br />Mine Facilities. The mine facilities which GEC Minerals currently <br />uses and plans to use through 1985 include the following: <br />• Office <br />• Shop <br />• Truck Dump <br />• Belt Conveyors <br />• • Coal Stockpile Area <br />• Crusher <br />These facilities are located in the tipple area which are in <br />Section 24, Township 20, South, Range 70 West and are located on <br />the Existing Structures Map for the Tipple Area, Map No. 22. <br />The office is utilized for the admininstrative operations at the <br />mine. Accounting, payroll, coal sales, billing and general mine <br />supervision takes place in the office area. Maintenance including <br />welding, engine repairs and other similar activities are conducted <br />at the shop. In addition, spare parts for all equipment are also <br />located in the shop area. A truck dump is utilized prior to the <br />crusher to hold and feed coal onto the conveyor belt into the <br />crusher. Once the coal has been crushed it falls on the conveyor <br />which then distributes the coal to a waiting highway haulage truck <br />or to the coal stockpile. The stockpile is utilized to store coal <br />during times of low coal sales or to blend coals of different seams <br />• to enable the proper quality control constraints to be implemented. <br />2.05-9 <br />