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• 2.05.3 <br />Five rock entries were driven in the B-East mains to cross the fault in the B- <br />Seam. The entries were be supported as necessary to assure safety of the <br />miners and to assure any debris within the fault plane is supported in place <br />and not allowed to cave or flow into the mine. <br />Mining advanced through the fault in the D-Seam and longwall panels WD1, <br />WD2 and WD3 were mined with no significant problems. Longwall mining <br />faces will be developed about 850 feet wide and will vary in length from 2800 <br />to 6200 feet. Gates entries will typically be developed with three entries with <br />pillar spacing and size designed to provide maximum support for ventilation <br />and belt haulage. Bleeder entries will be developed with four or more <br />entries. <br />The new unit train loadout is located south of the UPRR mainline. The <br />Terror Creek Loadout and its associated activities are located north of the <br />UPRR mainline. Therefore, the Operator and the Terror Creek Loadout will <br />not have overlapping permit areas. <br />• Mining is currently ongoing in the B-Seam. Panel 6-7 is near completion. <br />Development for panel B-8 through B-11 is ongoing. <br />During 2009 the Operator is going to wash coal for West Elk Coal Company, <br />(WECC). WECC will haul raw E-Seam coal to BRL's lower stockpile area. <br />BRL will run West Elk's coal through the preparation plant. The resultant <br />coal mine waste will be hauled back to West Elk's coal mine waste pile. <br />Clean coal will be loaded out through BRL's unit train loadout. Projected <br />throughput is about 150,000 tons per month for an estimated three months <br />or more. <br /> <br />M R-93 <br />2.05-5- 01/09 <br />/{ Pp~ovE.D <br />~~1 ~~09 <br />