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Barr Engineering Company <br />4700 West 77th Street <br />BARR Minneapolis, MN 55435 -4803 LOG OF BORING B-4 <br />Sheet 1 of 2 <br />Project: Proposed RPE Expansion <br />Location: West Elk Mine, Somerset, <br />Client: Mountain Coal Company <br />CO <br />Barr Project Number: 06/261003 <br />STANDARD PENETRATION <br />NATURAL DRY <br />a <br />TEST DATA <br />DENSITY <br />w <br />CD o <br />Ix <br />\ <br />N in blows/ft m <br />(pcf) it <br />w <br />MATERIAL DESCRIPTION <br />o <br />ii <br />> 0 <br />10 20 30 40 <br />105 115 125 <br />(ASTM D2488) <br />Z <br />m <br />m <br />a o <br />SHEAR STRENGTH, ksf <br />Water Content, <br />W <br />C7 <br />E <br />V) <br />O X UC A TV )K <br />WP WN WL <br />Surface Elev.: 6386.9 <br />rn <br />VS A VSR O <br />1 2 3 4 <br />20 40 60 <br />0 <br />CLAY (CL -CH) Brown slightly moist clay with silt, sand and <br />gravel. Minor brown/black coal seaming and sandstone <br />Nz� <br />fragments. <br />6385 <br />5 <br />P 2 <br />24 <br />6380 <br />/ <br />10 <br />413 <br />13 <br />6375 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />15 <br />I <br />I <br />01 <br />15 <br />6370 <br />♦ <br />- 20- <br />50/ <br />CLAYEY SAND (SC) Brown slightly moist clayey sand with silt. 20.0 <br />50/1 <br />1 <br />6365 <br />25 <br />50/ <br />SANDSTONE Tan to medium brown sandstone mottled with 25.0 <br />50/1 <br />coal dust seams. <br />:: <br />1 <br />6360 <br />— - -- -- -- -- -- <br />:. <br />SANDSTONE Medium brown sandstone with minor clay and 27.0 <br />coal dust seams. <br />82% <br />30 <br />Continued Next Page <br />Completion Depth: 35.0 <br />Remarks: <br />Date Boring Started: 6/22/09 <br />Date Boring Completed: 6/22/09 <br />Logged By. BSE <br />SAMPLE TYPES WATER LEVELS <br />Drilling Contractor: Haztech <br />While Drilling: <br />Auger Cutting 'Shelby Tube <br />Drilling Method: HSA/CORE <br />Northing: 402656.1 <br />End of Drilling: <br />® <br />Eastin : 1450507.7 <br />Split Spoon Rock Core <br />hrs After Drilling: DRY <br />10 <br />10 <br />10 <br />The stratWiication lines represent approiamate boundaries. The transition may be gradual. <br />