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Barr Engineering Company <br />4700 West 77th Street <br />BARR Minneapolis, MN 55435 -4803 LOG OF BORING B -5 <br />Sheet 1 of 1 <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 />iu <br />TEST DATA <br />DENSITY <br />w <br />o <br />� \ <br />N in blows /ft @ <br />(pcf) it <br />o <br />t <br />MATERIAL DESCRIPTION <br />ii <br />> 0 <br />10 20 30 40 <br />105 115 125 <br />c <br />a <br />(ASTM D2488) <br />a <br />1 <br />Z <br />w <br />Q <br />Q- $ <br />SHEAR STRENGTH, ksf <br />Water Content, <br />E <br />Q X UC D TV jIE <br />W W W <br />Surface Elev.: 6574.0 <br />U) <br />VS A VSR O <br />0 <br />1 2 3 4 <br />20 40 60 <br />CLAY (CL -CH) Medium -dark brown slightly moist clay with <br />sand, gravel and occasional cobbles. <br />6570 <br />5 <br />7 <br />SANDSTONE Medium brown very fine grained sandstone <br />1 <br />(cobble ?). 6.5 <br />6565 <br />1 <br />1 <br />- 10- <br />CLAY (CL -CH) Medium -dark brown slightly moist clay with <br />b° 1 <br />sand, gravel and occasional cobbles. <br />14 <br />6560 <br />SANDSTONE Medium brown very fine grained sandstone with 13.4 <br />wavey sub - horizontal bedding. <br />. • <br />63% <br />- 15- <br />SILTSTONE Brown/grey siltstone with wavey and planar 15.0 <br />x X <br />bedding. <br />x x <br />X x <br />X x <br />X x <br />X x <br />X x <br />X x <br />57% <br />6555 <br />SHALE Brown/grey shale. 18.4 <br />20 <br />SILTSTONE Grey with red and orange mottling siltstone grading 20.0 <br />x x <br />toward shale at depth. <br />x x <br />X x <br />X x <br />X x <br />X x <br />x x <br />X x <br />17% <br />6550 <br />X x <br />x x <br />X x <br />25 <br />X x <br />25.0 <br />30 <br />Completion Depth: 25.0 <br />Remarks: <br />Date Boring Started: 6/25/09 <br />Date Boring Completed: 6/25/09 <br />Logged By. BWL <br />SAMPLE TYPES WATER LEVELS <br />Drilling Contractor: Haztech <br />Drilling Method: HSA/CORE <br />While Drilling: <br />m Auger Cutting 'Shelby Tube <br />Northing: 402021.4 <br />End of Drilling: <br />® Split Spoon a <br />Eastin : 1450882.6 <br />Rock Core <br />hrs After Drilling: DRY <br />10 <br />i ne stranncation lines represent apprommate boundaries. The transition may be gradual. <br />