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performed by MCR in 1993 . Reclamation of the remainder of the <br /> mine site was taken over by the DMG in 1994 . The DMG contracted <br /> reclamation work in 1995, 1996 and 1997 with projected completion <br /> in 1999 . Reclamation has been funded by sales proceeds from the <br /> Rock Dust Plant, and by proceeds of assets sold by the bankrupt <br /> estate of MCR. The Bankruptcy Liquidation Plan of MCR was <br /> allocated to reclamation the lesser of $3 , 000, 000 or the actual <br /> cost of reclamation to be performed according to an approved <br /> Reclamation Plan; funds to be disbursed by the Creditors' Trustee <br /> as funds are available and needed. <br /> Removal of structures has been substantially completed <br /> by the salvage contractor, Machinery & Equipment Company, Inc . , <br /> and A.M. King Industries, Inc . , who contracted to complete <br /> reclamation and clean up in Coal Basin in 1996, but may not <br /> finish until 1998 . <br /> The post mining uses of land in Coal Basin contemplated <br /> recreation, wildlife habitat and livestock grazing. <br /> The mine haul and mine service roads in Coal Basin have <br /> been identified by the Forest Service for restricted trail <br /> access . See Exhibit 1 attached. <br /> Between 1995 and 1997, approximately 5, 800 acres of <br /> land belonging to Mid-Continent Resources, Inc . , and being part <br /> of the bankrupt estate, were transferred by a series of land <br /> exchanges to the U. S . Forest Service . This land essentially <br /> extends from Placita on the South, around Coal Basin to Dexter <br /> Park on the North. <br /> A further exchange program is in progress with the U. <br /> S . Forest Service whereby the 405 acre Preparation Plant tract <br /> would also be transferred to the U. S. by exchange. This is to <br /> be done in a series of exchanges, of which the first one has been <br /> completed comprising about 55 . 9 acres of land on the easterly end <br /> of the Preparation Plant tract . <br /> In furtherance of a recreational pattern of uses, Mid- <br /> Continent Resources has requested that consideration be given to <br /> conversion of the Lamphouse at the mine access tunnel adits to <br /> educational and recreational uses . The uses may include a <br /> 2 - <br />