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Doc Date:19/11/2001 III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />I J 9s9 <br />5 (//(~ 2.05.3(6) Overburden ~~ <br />• <br />There are two phases in the lining operation which includes <br />topsoil removal, overburden removal, coal lining, and thereafter <br />replacing the sale. The cowpletion trill include reseeding the <br />topsoil after it is distributed and graded. <br />The first phase will cowence in the flat area of Engle- <br />villa and extends west of there to include all of the area west <br />of the Gulch before loving on the east side which will be the <br />second phase. <br />In the initial phase, after the topsoil has been coved and <br />stored, overburden removal can begin in the initial cut oullined <br />in 2.05.3(1) & (2). The area stripped of topsoil between Engle- <br />villa Gulch and the old sine workings to the west seasures about <br />• 125 feet wide by 700 feet long, and is thought to have a <br />stripping ratio of equal asounts of overburden and coal. In <br />order to uncover the initial coal the overburden will need to be <br />double stacked on the west side of the pit tesporarily so lining <br />can cossence. When an area of sufficient size is opened up to <br />allow lining and backfilling to work concurrently the spoil will <br />be returned to the pit, and additional overburden will be back <br />filled into the pit after the coal is resoved. This cycle will <br />continue through the life of the sins. <br />As mining moves outward onto the old underground workings a <br />drag line will be used to cove the overburden by back casting it <br />into the mined out area. This saterial will be imsediately <br />• flattened to allow redistribution of topsoil on it. The topsoil <br />