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ANNUAL REPORT <br />Operator: United Companies of Mesa County <br />Operation: BLM Pit # 1 <br />File Number: M-2001-100 <br />Anniversary Date: May 15, 2004 <br />This pit was active during the report year, although, not year round. United was in the pit <br />once in 2003 and we plan on mining once, maybe twice ,depending on the market, <br />during the next report year. We are at this location now for the first time this year. <br />This time we are finishing up mining the Block 1 area and will begin mining the Block 2 <br />area. Activities so far include stripping both top soil and overburden from Block 2. <br />These two materials were stockpiled separately on the Hall Pit area. and are identified <br />with signs as they are hard to tell apart. <br />The pit floor has a "roll" (sort of a hump) running generally east-west . This shale <br />material is not being mined and therefore reduces the quantity of mine run material for <br />the crushing operation in Block 1 and probably Block 2 as well. <br />The pit on located on a flat top mesa. On high wind days we shut down and hit the whole <br />area with our water trucks to get a crust on the loose dirt. <br />