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App. II-13-2 <br /> The coal de-gassification program will be implemented, with gas wells drilled from a site <br /> west of Huntsman Ridge. The road, extending from No. 4 portal to the west side of <br /> Huntsman Ridge will allow access to the drill site. <br /> Mid-Continent has participated in studies of a possible co-generation facility which <br /> would use the waste material from the Old Pile and the Sutey Pile for a small electric <br /> power plant. Electricity, generated at the mine site, would be used for local power <br /> needs. The parking lot at the central complex yard would be the probable site of the <br /> plant. The conveyor belt which carries refuse to the Sutey pile could then be reversed, <br /> bringing the waste material back for use in the co-generation facility. The piles would, <br /> of course, diminish until entirely used up. <br /> In our underground operations, Mid-Continent will pioneer the multi-lift longwall mining <br /> method, which will allow mining of coal from the lower A-bed, which underlies the <br /> B-bed, and has previously been considered unrecoverable. <br /> Mid-Continent also remains interested in utilizing hydraulic mining techniques at the No. <br /> 4 Mine, although this remains a futuristic idea, and is not actively planned during the <br /> permit term. <br /> Mid-Continent will seek further permitting approvals, as necessary and appropriate, <br /> before implementation of these programs. <br /> 5 <br />