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2.04.6 page 4 <br /> <br />• <br />• <br />GEOLOGY DESCRIPTION <br />UNDERGROUND MINING <br />SURFACE GEOLOGY <br />Only the upper two members of the Mesa Verde Group are exposed on I <br />The Mine is located on the south side of Hay Gulch with entries driven into the <br />Menefee Formation. The Cliff House Formation caps the higher ground on bol <br />gulch. <br />COAL GEOLOGY <br />Two coal seams are exposed on the property of which only the upper see <br />developed. The upper seam has a thickness varying between 50 - 74 inches. Tt <br />overlain by a few inches ofinter-bedded sandstone and coal which are overlain <br />massive sandstone which stands well. <br />property. <br />gal bearing <br />sides of the <br />has been <br />coal seam is <br />turn by a <br />The lower seam is well exposed to the northwest of the property at the Burnwell Mine. <br />This seam has an average observed thickness of 4.0 feet and has reportedly beendrilled on the <br />King Coal Mine property. This seam lies approximately 80 feet below the upper seam, with <br />inter-bedded sandstone and shale between the seams. <br />Bedding at the property dips 3° in asouth-southwesterly direction. <br />COAL QUALITY <br />The coal of the King Coal Mine upper seam is low ash, low sulfur, bi <br />5.0 free swelling index (blending metallurgical coal). An average analysis of <br />received, follows: <br />Volatile <br />Moisture Matter <br />4.7% 38.0% <br />Fixed <br />Carbon Ash <br />52.66% 8.41% <br />BTU Sulfur <br />12,878 0.81% <br />Coal analysis as well as analysis of the immediate floor and roof for the r <br />included in Appendix 4(1). <br />Coal analysis as well as analysis of the immediate floor and roof for Drill <br />(Federal lease modification area PR-OS) are included in Appendix 4(2). <br />Coal analysis and analysis of the immediate floor and roof for Federal L< <br />will be completed and reported upon entry of the property. <br />Coal analysis and analysis of the immediate floor and roof for the Tipots~ <br />completed and reported upon entry of the property. <br />GEOLOGIC HAZARDS <br />Geologist, David L. Gaskill, of the Conservation Division of the U.S.G.S <br />unusual geologic hazards are known that might adversely effect mining in the ul <br />Menefee coal seams. He noted that ground water tables were below the seams <br />4(3)). Mr. Gaskill's report was prepared in February, 1980, for the survey's con: <br />National King Coal's application for a new Federal Lease adjacent to the cune~ <br />onus coal with a <br />samples as <br />seam are <br />N-16 <br />COC-60941 <br />Lease will be <br />reported no <br />ier or lower <br />iee Appendix <br />leration of <br />lease holdings. <br />December 1999 <br />