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The rnirrir~g will cornrnence at the faces of these r•ernair~ir~g <br />• coal reserves. The ntair~ entries were developed ~_ttilizir~g <br />conventional rnir~ir~g techrriq~.res. Panel developnter~t ar-eas <br />will extend fr•or~t the rnair~s as shown ..r. the Mime F'lar~ Map <br />(Map 10). The mine entries will be the main access for• rnen <br />and equipment into the operation, provide for inta;<.e and <br />exha~_rst, ar~d pr•c~vide for• cor~vey~~r• haulage of the coal fr•c~rn <br />the mine. <br />Hecause the nnning system is a conventional r•or~m and pillar <br />plan, sets of rooms wlll be driven at 60 and 9n degrees fr~~m <br />the rnairi er~tr•ies. Each set of r•oc~rn eritr•les car panels will <br />be separated from t-he adjacent panels ar~d the stain entries <br />by a barrier of coal. These pillars will be left between <br />• each panel ar~d the r~tair~ er~tr•les b~.it wl 11 later be r•ecover•ed <br />~_rpor~ pillar r-etr•eat front the rnlr~e. <br />The anticipated anr~~.ral ar~d total pr•~~d~.rctic~r~ of coal fr•~~rn the <br />A Searn is shown or. Table 5, F'r•o.jected Coal F'roductiori. <br />Py cor~tlr~~_ied ~_rtllizatior~ of the existing p~~r•tals of the <br />La F'lata #1 Mime, La F'lata Coal Corp. pr-opuses ir~cr•eased <br />recovery of reserves ar~d rnir~irnal s~_rr•face distur•bar~ce. The <br />main entries wi 11 be rrier~ted to parallel the ald wor•klr~gs <br />with the panels oriented parallel or perper~dic~alar• tc. the <br />property bo~_ir~dar-ies. This orier~tatlor~, as sh~~wr~ or. the Mine <br />Flan Map iMap 10), will r•es~_rlt In more recovery of reserves <br />of the R Searn dur•ir~g the coal extractlor~ process. <br />• <br />C. l IJ-~ <br />