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erigir~eeririg design for all i_rrider•gr•~~i_ir~d rnir~ir~g activities ire <br />• order to rnaxinrize r•ecover•y. Methods ..f coal r•ec~~ver•y ar•e <br />set f~ art h i n Section ~. ir5. ~. <br />_. fir:; ~ 0 er•at ion Flan - F~errnit Rrea <br />US.:if1l __F~rr_~d__icti~~~n Meth_~ds and Eq~_rigment <br />I_a F~lata C~~al Corp. has selected its rni~ning pr•oced~.rres on <br />the basis _~f past ~.rr~dergrc~crr~d nnning operat i~~~ns, the nat~_ire <br />.f the _ver•b~_rr~len, and the str~_rctural setting ofi the coal <br />learns. Each phase ~~f the crndergro~.rr~d rni.ning has been <br />scheduled s0 +,he. L- all ey~_u crnent can 6e ~_~per•at ed in <br />s rt~~_iations suitable to its design capabiliL'ies. The overall <br />~~per•atio~n plan .is desiyr~ed t~~ fl~~~w l~:q_cally from entry <br />• Bevel _~prner~t thro~_ryh pillar e,:tract i. =r~ ~.rp~ ~n retreat. The <br />plan is designed t~._ max:rni~~e c~=~a1 r•ec:overy grid nrinirnize <br />er~vir~~r~niental dist~_rrbar~ces. <br />La Ple;ta i.oa.l L'or•p, is plar~r~inu to mine the R Coal E~eam <br />using the ~.rndergro~_ind mining niett-~od of morn and pillar <br />mxnir~g with 2V-foot wrde er~tr•ies. I~~.llar size will vary. <br />R_~om and pillar rnir~ing has beer. used ai; the La F~lata #1 mine <br />f~~r many years, ar~d this mr~th~~d of rninir.g has prr_~ven to be <br />very effective and efficient for• r'~ecover•v _~f coal reserves. <br />The initial rnir~ir~q will begin with the s~tabili:ati~~r~ of the <br />existing w~~r•4<ir~gs ~~f the La F~lata Coal Mime. Roof s~.rppc~r•t <br />and ventilati~.r. will be r-e-estab.i.fished t~~ pr~wide access <br />• into the rernair~ing coal reserves. <br />c. ~ I:]- c <br />