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this coal. It was mined to provide coal for the local, <br />domestic market. <br />The early mining method used was "drill and shoot on the <br />solid". The coal was loaded into coals cars by hand and <br />transported to the surface by rail. Mules or small electric <br />locomotives pulled the cars. <br />The early mines were developed by driving entries in the <br />coal on the strike. This provided entries for ventilation <br />and haulage purposes. Rooms were then driven straight up <br />the dip for a distance between 125-200 feet. The coal would <br />then slide down the room and be loaded into cars at the <br />bottom. One previous mine operator attempted to mechanize <br />his mine by using diesel equipment to transport coal to the <br />outside. <br />Most of the coal seams in the general area have been mined. <br />The Harvey Gap Seam, the lowest coal seam in the section, <br />has been mined on both the east and west side of Harvey Gap. <br />The entries extend approximately 2,000 feet underground on <br />both sides of Harvey Gap. <br />The E Seam was mined in the late l970's and shut down in <br />• 1979. Exploration entries were driven by Eastside Goal <br />Company in the E Seam under Exploration Approval No. <br />CX-186-00 in 1983-84. <br />The Allen and Anderson seams have been mined on the west <br />side o4 Harvey Gap. Both seams are mined in approximately <br />1,500 feet from the outcrop. Exploration tunnels ware <br />driven into the Allen and Anderson Seams on the east side of <br />Harvey Gap. <br />Exploration tunnels were driven into the Sunny Ridge seam on <br />the east side of Harvey Gap. No mining has occurred in the <br />Sunny Ridge on the west side of Harvey Gap. <br />From all available information, the land <br />mining was undeveloped land. C. F. & I. <br />surface and coal rights, but when it was <br />did not have coking characteristices, th <br />to the current owners. The only activity <br />leased property since that time has been <br />use preceding <br />originally held the <br />determined the coal <br />ey sold the property <br />occurring on the <br />mining. <br />The land in the permit area is undeveloped with the <br />exception of the county road right-of-way. Garfield County <br />has zoned the permit area and surrounding areas as <br />agricultural and low density residential (AR-RU>. <br />l <br />20 Revised 5; 87 <br />