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2.05.3 <br />MR -108 <br />� PPROVCD <br />?/( `fI a I <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 B -8 is being mined. <br />Development for panels B -9 through B -11 is ongoing. Mining in the B -8 <br />through B -11 panels has encountered higher than normal methane <br />concentrations. The Operator is having difficultly dealing with the methane in <br />the sealed areas and in the longwall gob areas. Beginning late in 2009, <br />nitrogen will be generated on the surface a piped down the Hubbard Creek <br />Shaft through the D -Seam dewatering pipeline. Nitrogen will be piped to and <br />injected into problem areas in order to dilute methane concentrations. The <br />nitrogen generator will run intermittently as required to supply necessary <br />nitrogen to the mine. <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 />2.05-5- 08/09 <br />