2009-01-14_PERMIT FILE - C1996083A (2)

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• 2.04.3 Under a high level of management, the land suitable for orchard crops could yield 750 bushels per acre of apples, 550 bushels per acre of peaches, 800 bushels per acre of cherries or 500 bushels per acre of pears. The foregoing discussion of land capability and productivity was predominantly obtained from the Soil Survey of Paonia Area published by the Soil Conservation Service. (3) Map 25, Previously Mined Areas shows the areal extent of mining on the permit and adjacent areas. The location and extent of acreage disturbed within the permit area by previous surface coal mining and reclamation operations is presented on Map 26. The production information in the following discussion was obtained from the Colorado Division of Mines. The Gelwick mine is an old mine shown on the Bowie, CO quadrangle map. It is located in the NWT of Section 16. The mine operated in the A-Seam from 1925 until 1939. Total production from the mine was 4,772 tons with the peak production of 1,258 tons occurring in 1926. The thickness of the seam was recorded as 4'-4". An unidentified mine is shown on the Bowie, CO quadrangle map. It is located in the NWT of Section 14. Unsubstantiated records say it was named the Blackburn Mine. No production information is available for this mine. The Ring Mine produced coal from 1903 to 1975. Based on the period of operation, the mine initially mined with the pick-and-shovel method. The early mine plant consisted of a stable, mules, blacksmith shop and a steam plant and pump. in later years the coal was shot on the solid and loaded with a mechanized loading machine. The coal was probably initially hauled from the portal with wagon teams. The tramway from the mine was completed in 1907. A four track tipple was used to load the coal into rail cars. •Phe mine supplied coal to a mine mouth PEPIfIT APPLICATIOE 2.04 - 3 -