REP31174

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/16/1987
• Doc Name: Sly Gulch Road Stabilization Plan letter
• From: WEST ELK COAL CO INC
• To: MLRD
• Permit Index Doc Type: STABILITY REPORT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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March 10, 1987
MINED LAND
RECLAMATION DIVISION
Susan Mowry
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Re: Sylvester Gulch Road Stabilization Plan, Mt.
Gunnison No. 1 Mine, CMLRD Permit No. C-007-SO
Dear Susan:
I received your letter of February 19, 1987,
regarding Jim Pendleton's May 7, 1986 inspection and
subsequent report which noted a submittal of a
stabilization plan. Some work has been done and
information has been communicated to the Division,
although I do not believe it was specifically
referred to as a stabilization plan for the Sylvester
Gulch Road.
The following work has been done:
o Power poles along the west side of the Sylvester
Gulch road, in the area where the slides are the
worst, were relocated to the east side of the
road. This was done to protect the power lines
and allow necessary future work along the west
side of the road on the slides to be carried out
without interference from the power lines. A
letter and map was submitted to the Division
dated August 28, 1986. A letter dated September
3, 1986 approving the line relocation was
received by West Elk.
o Steel I beams were installed along the east edge
of the Sylvester Gulch fan pad on an emergency
basis during August of 1986. Wet weather and a
broken French drain caused the Northwest edge of
the pad to slide. The substation for the fan
was affected and had to be lifted from its
concrete pad, the base re-compacted, the pad
reset, and the substation reinstalled. The
broken French drain was repaired, two additional
French drains were installed, and treated wood
lagging was installed behind the steel beams.
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