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HUG.7 911^ r :41A1'1 LiMG.GT, T 1 303 24i!^3=.6 r.2 <br /> tir t <br /> Wednesday, august ?G, 1998 •Yol. 1 No. 143 • Glenwood Springs, Coo, <br /> Red <br /> Coal Basm Ls no <br /> By Donna Daniels facili(v otusnte Carbundale. <br /> staff Wl-.tpr Where once a ylrnhie.of machin- <br /> ';r.lndine at the bunk of it :.ic,11 ery and nlettll building:.slt)nri, there <br /> ~shale -.lope. Stec Renner points now is a srnooth mound of coal tail- <br /> ; Faundiv at the kvnrk that has con- in-s. Road graders and nin-,- e <br /> mined hint for the last three years. <br /> Renner i:1 th(•print matt for the Col- <br /> : oracto Departrricnt of Minerals and <br /> renlopy which overs",,; the recla- <br /> mation of Mid-Continent Resource <br /> mines in Coal Rusin west of Red- 'The most serious <br /> problem is erosion <br /> ra <br /> Mid-Continem opt' lyd a ct»I P „ <br /> miniru tt,mplex from the I and sediment in +•� :'--: ��`'' <br /> unljl it cicsed ;town ill 1991. In <br /> 149-1. `lid-C or.tincut dt- Iare'l the creeks•rt <br /> bunkrupW) <br /> Tli- 1er1,1111,111011 CAk)n i un11i)it - Slew Renner, DPAG <br /> c.uc-d nor only b\ the r11111111._.hot by <br /> the vr-v nmurc of die placo The <br /> ba•.in, which supplied r1 h coking, <br /> coal for the nation'',steel mills sine <br /> ilic 19th rriviin'. is carved from soft bump truck haul the tailing: from <br /> Munco: Shalt: chat slip, and slide an enormOu•, pile on thr ha'lt side of <br /> and dump; duhrt:; into ht.1111 C•n8i the Wa:•h plans soe, <br /> anti Ont,li crcek". f1? or hrolect 'h1, vnnnlcr has <br /> Iiwmlac afternoon IZ11-lct' led :•, bern ttI uhlttl: OU :11 the l)ile. <br /> rri)lll; crf irj.,Ulil _� 1'tx1plC Oil FI tAlil }CtllP6rl' it> INirlhCfrl �:U:C tLICI: to <br /> of Co'd I?al;lr It, ,give then: a -,'ie%,L' <br /> (.,i ow r..*.,hw1winn wo:k that liar CrIal Basin <br /> alrca�.l; taker, rn,,r en to sficah. lira;1,;f•t�:• <br /> t'clh in. the n',o)it arrr .tiny SiEh:. ' <br /> aloes �i,c. r: the \n1ua! :lcar,nn of Successfully rtvegttating rcaad cuts <br /> v.hat is iocally k.)oun as the c1•a.h and steep slopes such as Nils soon <br /> plant .11 the cnd of the pavers near Dutch Creek Mine Number 1 <br /> road, 1t �11:• hele that ct'.1; hruui n ht has bee a major chore during the <br /> dolvn llt'n: the :1n11c'; %\"r, ctcullrd Coal Basin dean up effort. Roy Willey , <br /> l t'ltn_ hri 1 Inr,k,:d t. is photo <br />