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The'Chmnicle-News <br />-IlRINIDAD'S H0Mb1UWN <br />NEWSPAPF]2 F"DR iMORE THAN. <br />l ` <br />YEAR <br />S"A <br />3i <br />i <br />WEAESDAY <br />IL I VU <br />1 1.l I I ?ULUIIIU <br />R?L 21, 2010 - <br />vol.134, No..?s Proudly Seel' Q, -,d - ;tern Colorado and Northeastern New Mexico, www.thechronicle-news:com <br />We`ve got phone service! <br />The Chronicle-News is happy <br />to report that the phones are <br />working again. You may reach <br />us at 719-840-33,11. <br />It's A great day at The <br />Chronicle-News. , <br />hE' f-k PRP'ff' <br />Please 'seepage 7for all <br />SCHOOL EVENTS. <br />NOTICE: The Las Animas <br />County Building Inspector will <br />be out of town until May-3. <br />WEDNESDAY <br />Arthritis Exercise <br />Free Arthritis Exercise <br />Class-every Mon & Wed @ 9 <br />a.m. @ Corazon Square& 1p.m.' <br />@ EarlyLearning Center. Info' <br />call: 845-1133 ext. 224. <br />PAL <br />Playgroup meets 9:30 -11 <br />a.m: every Weds at Alta Vista, <br />415 S.. Indiana. Moms & <br />caregivers with infants, ages` <br />birth to 3. -Playroom is.also <br />available?for same time use <br />a. . a- bas . <br />e'd eoal".', fironn ens o <br />restart <br />New-, Mme..Pro'd. e' tion. <br />By MIKE GARRETT Bates and Mra- said::they plan to launch subcontracting and supplier jobs areadded in, <br />The Chronicle-News mmuig operationsaround Nov land expect.to said Mraz. He indicated that'Cline wanted to. <br />Trinidad and Las Animas: County's long produce 12 million;tons of high-grade metal hire around half their future workforce locally <br />history of boom and bust economic cycles is lurgical coal 4tirmg the first year of operation. as more miners and support and maintenance <br />apparently headed for;another boom explosion By, 2013, they said they should be able to pro- stag , are trained for the operation. <br />if the Toronto; Ontario, Canada based Aline duck around 3 million,tons of coal a year at the' Bates said the initial mining .phase (willMinin Corp. has it wa site seek to extract an <br /> estimated 60 million tons of <br />g yin reopening the old gates stressed that.the company is well cap coal resources. Mraz said the com anthinks <br />abandone <br />into .what t esNew timates is the area's 300 315 mil itahzed by investors..As: of last. Friday, he said it's feas ible to eventually be able to extract`150 <br />lion tons of coal resources. investors had contributed:$45 million,to help: million tons of coal from the area's 300 or so <br />launch`the project and, another $7 million had million <br />Cline executives and. investors; including been raised yin February He estimated thaf'for total coal reserve resources and keep <br />company President KenBates, Executive Vice operations going for at least another 20'years. <br />O production to reach 3 million Ions of coal in .2President and Chief peratmg'Officer Dennis 3 years will require a total' investment of '$65 Ironically, natural gas industry planners <br />Z. Mraz, and' Chief Financialbfficer Ernest ' million. `An operation like this really requires had been saying.the same thing in recent years <br />Cleave, met Tuesday witlt county.commission a relatively. -low entrance ° cost " :Bates said. about how long they would' be drilling and pro <br />ers Gary Hill and Jim Vigil, county adminis- "The mine there :is still in relatively good ducing :until the bottom fell out of market <br />trator Bill-Cordova, Mayor Jennie .Gardunp' shape. We expect initial low production costs, Prices in late 2008, all of 2009 and into 2010. <br />and several city council members,.Kim:Schulz and very,,,high demand and prices.for the coal Bates took great care ,in explaining that <br />and Dave Grove from the',Trinidad & L&s? wclproduce. worldwide demand for,the type of high grade <br />Animas County Chamber of Commerce a' d' / C ine's mining operation is expected to metallurgical coal'.found in Western Las <br />several other community leaders to discuss) translate into around 50 jobs when production Animas County should continue for many, <br />since that their mining plans,ak A Little Catering /is la unchedand,perhaps 1b0 or inorefulltime Years to come grade seems to be in <br />Company. Community Ieadersin turn .asked, jobs. as tonnage quotas are met in ensuing ; such limited worldwide supply. He expects <br />Cline executives lots of ,mostly logisticalzeco= years. The total,number of jobs generated Cline Mining to have'no problems finding <br />nomical and operational: questions. from,. the operation may., reach 1,000 if all the Continued on page'5