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2.04.3(3)(a) <br />(a) The type and description of mining method used. <br />The original method of mining was hand loading with pick and shovel <br />and animal haulage. As the mine developed, conventional mining with <br />cutting machines and loaders replaced the pick and shovel. At the <br />present, continuous miners are being utilized with a room and pillar <br />mining method. <br />(b) The coal seams or other mineral strata mined. <br />The present seam being mined by the Red Canyon #1 Mine is the "E" <br />seam.- There has been exploration in the "D" seam. Adjacent mines <br />east of the permit area have mined in the "D" seam. Early mining <br />activity did include mining of the "E" and "D" seams in areas adjacent <br />to the permit area. This activity is shown on the Previously Affected <br />Land Map, 2.04.3(3)-1. <br />(c) The extent of coal or other mineral removed. <br />• <br />The extent of coal removed is shown on the Mine Plan Map, 2.05.3(1)-1, <br />and the Previously Affected Land Map, 2.04.3(3)-1. <br />(d) The approximate dates of past mining. <br />The approximate date is that mining has been continuous since 1916. <br />(e) The uses of the land preceding mining. <br />The land use preceding mining was a wildlife habitat. See Section <br />2.04.3(2)(b)(i)of this application for an elaboration of this statement. <br />(f) The location and extent of acreage distrubed by previous surface <br />coal mining and reclamation operations. Refer to the Previously <br />Affected Land Map, 2.04.3(3)-1. <br />• <br />38 <br />