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MINING PLAN AND SCHEDULE <br /> Mid-Continent Resources will mine seven longwall panels in No. 3 Mine to <br /> demonstrate multi-lift mining methods in a thick coal seam. The top lift of <br /> each panel will be mined first using .the advancing method. The bottom lifts <br /> will be mined approximately two years after mining of the overlying upper <br /> lift when gob consolidation is complete. The lower lift panels will be mined <br /> using the retreating method. <br /> The mining schedule for the three lifts that are to be monitored for <br /> subsidence is given in the following table. Scheduled mining time for com- <br /> pletion of the three lifts is 61 months. <br /> • MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES <br /> MULTI-LIFT MINING SCHEDULE <br /> Lift Proposed Starting Date Proposed Completion Date <br /> 301 L January, 1984 December, 1984 <br /> 302 May, 1981 December, 1983 <br /> 302 L January, 1985 May, 1986 <br /> -14- <br />