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COAL BASIN MINE PERMIT APPLICATION <br />MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC. <br />CARBONDALE, COLORADO <br />CHAPTER II <br />MINE OPERATION PLAN <br />A. OPERATION PLAN -ESTIMATED AREA FOR <br />LIFE OF OPERATION <br />1. General. <br />Mid: Continent mines coal from two seams, separated by approximately 450 vertical <br />feet. The operation is situated in a high mountain basin, known as Coal Basin. <br />Mining is underground, at depth. <br />Construction of surface facilities began in 1953, and mining began in 1956. <br />Operations have been continuous since then. <br />During the preceding permit term (1983-1988) the operations were modernized to <br />allow for greater efficiency. Although the modernization program is not yet <br />complete, the operation has changed substantially and major facets of the <br />modernization program are operational <br />This chapter describes the operations at Coal Basin at the time of permit application <br />submittal (December, 1987), and in the future. <br />Because of the changes made during the last several years to the Coal Basin <br />operations, Mid-Continent submitted, and MLRD approved, Permit Revisions, <br />Technical Revisions and Minor Revisions. A chronological listing of these revisions, <br />from 1982-1987, is included as App. II-B-4. <br />The most significant changes to Mid-Continent's operations have resulted from the <br />Adit/Rock Tunnel Project, and the new refuse disposal area. Calculations, designs, <br />supporting data and background materials generated in planning these projects, in <br />1 <br />