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j <br /> 1'a,;e 3 <br /> �. lip �., P. n� »•., Cth P.`:. <br /> F,@C• 25, vri!.L.. <br /> he area eescribed contains 40.L0 acres. <br /> '�i�-(:rr.tirent resources teas been producing coal In Coal tasin continuously <br /> Fi:ice 1956. Fc first rir.ing in the area was done in 1895. <br /> Car pang extracte4 abo-ut 1 villion tort; of coil f rors l90C+ to 190S. F.irting <br /> as dorrant until the "id-Gonti-nent startup. Tet een 1955 and 19F1 the <br /> latter had proc'uced Veer 13._`, million tons of h1ph gradc meta llur i eal <br /> coal. <br /> Pescriptior. or :'xistfn^ Environment <br /> The 11id-Continent aperatie:cs in Coal fiasin co=sist of five active rives. <br /> 7.11nsc lave portals located at over 10,P*- feet, and ininp- eon-th9 reach <br /> nG--arty 3,C00 feet. 7-hese nines are acid to be the hi<<nest and decYfst <br /> cosl r-ines in North 2'inimr conditions are also rode difficult �v <br /> 1^ to 15 degree_ .'_ins of coal t�eds, nuncroas fcults, and large cr:�cu^tr- of <br /> VeClh M- rnS. <br /> =Sic;-Continent, by t:errs of their coal leases, my r-imme P-11 ;cede, of Which <br /> there are four, with ttij-+e of the be;s rcntainia& co=crcially recoverable <br /> reverves. Coal Basin deposits are in the tlessverde Formation of upper <br /> Cretaceous a,-e. ;he coal measures outcrop along the north, west, and <br /> south tides of an errosional basin. Mancos shale is exposed {}gout-bout <br /> the floor of the basin. The articlir_ial structure associated with the <br /> Coal Basin it believed to have bean forned by a Tertiary laccolithic <br /> intrusive. 7*here are several zoncz of dacite A..ises, and natural coke is <br /> found in the vicinity of the dikes. the hi-h rank of tie coal is believed <br /> to be the result of raetarorphisr caused by tie inferred Intrusive. <br /> l,e coal beds of interest according to Ceneral Mining Order Foe 1 <br /> standards are, in ascending order, A bed, P Led, I'.Ide!le (N) bed, an? <br /> Placits bed. Caly the L bet! and Sr! bed have recoverable coal in to4ay`8 <br /> econor•-y. Sul--marginal coals in the unminaele beds is ueinr left intact in <br /> blankets for possible exploitation in the future. Production plazz are <br /> such that diligent devc.lopnent and continaeed operation requirerents gill <br /> be Met. <br />