PERMFILE133116

• Permit No: C1981015
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: Title Page to Page 66E
• Section_Exhibit Name: Permit
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2.04.3 SITE DESCRIPTION APD LAND OSE INFORMATION
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The Fruits Mines operation is located in the Bookcliff area of
Mesa County and is characterized by a prominent south-west facing
escarpment. Exhibit 1 is a general location map of the area. The
Bookcliff is easily seen on this map.
Map ~1 is a site specific map of the pre-mining topography at a
scale of 1"=100'. The steep slopes of the Bookcliff aze evident
north of the Fruita ~2 portal area. This escarpment rises
approximately 1,000 feet above the valley floor and borders a
broad plateau. The surface overlying Dorchester Coal leases and
fee lands was used previously as wildlife habitat, mining and
rangeland. Presently, the uses include wildlife habitat and
mining. Some recreation, in the form of hunting, off-road
motorcycling and 4-wheeling, occurs on adjacent areas.
As pointed out in the previous paragraph, coal has been mined in
this area for a number of years. Six wagon mines are known to
have operated in the vicinity of the mine area. Five mines were
worked in the Anchor coal seam: The Stove Canyon, Coal Gulch
(Johnson), Farmers, Anchor No. 1 and Anchor No. 2 (Hicks) Mines.
One mine, The Buniger Mine, was worked in the Cameo coal seam.
Production figures are not available for all of these mines but
it is thought that production did not exceed 200,000 tons.
Production rates for four of these mines are as follows:
The Farmers Mine -- last worked in 1948 and produced 31,312
tons of coal,
The Anchor No. 1 Mine -- last worked in 1937 and produced
6,287 tons of coal
The Anchor No. 2 Mine -- last worked in 1932 and produced
18,973 tons of coal
The Coal Gulch Mine (located in the preference right lease
area) last worked in 1951 and produced 8,500 tons
of coal.
It is known from existing mine maps that the method of mining was
room and pillar. A depiction of this method is given at the end
of this section.
At the present time the affected area is classified wildlife
habitat and/or rangeland. According to the local SCS, about 60
pounds of usable forage is found per acre. It takes 1,200 pounds
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