1992-02-10_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 (2)

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MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC. PRODUC EMS OF THE FAMOUS COAL BASIN COKING COAL 1058 COUNTY ROAD 100 • BOX 500 CARBONDALE, COLORADO 81623 TLX MAIN OFFICE (303)963-2581 45-0724 DISTRICTOFFICE (303)963-0555 FAX WAREHOUSE (303)963-3223 October 15 , 1991 (303)963-2616 RECE ED Mr. Dan Matthews �� Reclamation Specialist Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division OCT 211991 215 Centennial Bldg . Mined Land 1313 Sherman Street Reclamation Division Denver, Colorado 80 03 Dear Mr . Matthews : Mid-Continent ' s approved permit requires the performance of an annual visual subsidence inspection of the area above the C Ll Basin Mines which could potentially be affected by ground subsidence (Chapter IV, page 36 ) . On September 10 , 1991 , I requested by letter that this requirement be suspended for 1991 , because of minimal production since the 1990 inspection and a lack of personnel available to clear the access road to the area of concern ( it should be noted that this area is approximately 1 . 5 miles from this access road, at elevations of 11 , 400 to over 11 , 800 feet ) . i was advised several days later by Diane Pelaney that you had verbally denied this request. Accordingly the road was cleared from the Bear Creek Mine over Huntsman Ridge to the first significant drainage on the south side ( headwaters of Roberts Creek) during the week of September 30 . During the subsidence survey performed in 1988 , two cranks were noted on Huntsman Ridge between the south fork of Coal Creek on the east and Rock and South Twin Creeks on the west . Mid-Continent submitted a report concerning these features in a letter dated October 25 , 1988 . On September 26 , 1981) , and on August 29 , 1990 , the area in which the surface cracks had previously been noted was examined as required A few additional minor cracks were observed in the soil cover of the large meadow that extends