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Barr Engineering Company <br />4700 West 77th Street <br />BARR Minneapolis, MN 55435 -4803 LOG OF BORING SB09 -11 <br />Sheet 1 of <br />Project: Proposed Coal Handling <br />Location: West Elk Mine, Somerset, <br />I <br />client: Mountain Coal Company <br />Facilities <br />CO <br />Barr Project Number: 06/261004 <br />STANDARD PENETRATION <br />NATURAL DRY <br />TEST DATA <br />DENSITY <br />w <br />m <br />o aS <br />3 0 <br />N in blows /ft OO <br />(pcf) it <br />o <br />MATERIAL DESCRIPTION <br />10 zo 30 ao <br />tos its 125 <br />i✓o <br />n <br />(ASTM D2488) n <br />z o <br />w <br />p <br />n <br />(L `o <br />SHEAR STRENGTH, ksf <br />Water Content, % <br />E <br />Q X UC A TV )K <br />WP WN Wr <br />N <br />Surface Elev.: 6260.0 <br />VS A VSR O <br />0 <br />1 2 3 4 <br />20 40 60 <br />FAT CLAY (CH) Dark brown -black day with coal dasts <br />50 <br />50 <br />i <br />COAL Broken coal and silt/sand size coal dust. Slightly moist, 2.5 <br />i <br />mostly dull with some bright coal. Some dry zones. Siltstone <br />23 <br />fragments. <br />/ <br />6255 <br />5 <br />19 <br />19 <br />12 <br />R12 <br />6250--10- <br />\ <br />FAT CLAY (CH) Black -grey clay with coal dust and lasts. Very <br />moist. 10.5 <br />24 2 <br />COAL Coal dust and lasts with fragments of siltstone and <br />s_ands t_o sli ghtly mo _ _ _ <br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ <br />COAL Mixed coal gravel, clasts and dust with rock fragments 12.5 <br />day <br />/ <br />/ <br />and seams. Slightly moist and dry zones. <br />21 <br />21 <br />6245--15- <br />1 <br />1 1 <br />2 <br />24 <br />/ <br />/ <br />6240--20- <br />/ <br />13 <br />13 <br />FAT CLAY (CH) Clay with some gravel, sand and silt. 20.5 <br />COAL Broken coal with some fragments of siltstone and 21.5 <br />I <br />mudstone. Mostly dry with small wet zones. <br />I <br />I <br />6235--25- <br />I <br />I <br />15 <br />----------------------- - - - - -- <br />\ <br />27.0 <br />6230--30- <br />c ontinued e / <br />Completion Depth: 30.0 <br />Remarks: <br />Date Boring Started: 6/30/09 <br />Date Boring Completed: 6/30/09 <br />Logged By: BWL <br />SAMPLE TYPES WATER LEVELS <br />Drilling Contractor: Haztech <br />Drilling Method: HSA <br />While Drilling: <br />m Auger Cutting ,Shelby Tube <br />Northin g ' <br />End of Drilling: <br />® Split Spoon n Rock Core <br />Eastin <br />hrs After Drilling: <br />10 <br />0 <br />i ne stranncation fines represent approximate boundanes. 1 ne transition may be gradual. Revised March 19, 2010 <br />