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COAL BASIN MINE PERMIT APPLICATION <br /> MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES , INC. <br /> CARBONDALE, COLORADO <br /> CHAPTER II <br /> MINE OPERATION PLAN <br /> A. Operations Plan - Estimated Area For Life of Operation <br /> 1 . Introduction <br /> The underground coal mining operations and coal prepara- <br /> tion facilities of Mid-Continent Resources , Inc . are located <br /> about 6 miles west of Redstone, Colorado in Pitkin and Gunnison <br /> Counties (Exhibit II-A-1) . The topographic basin, within which <br /> the mines are located, is drained by Coal Creek and its tributaries . <br /> The collective area of the several mines and preparation plant is <br /> referred to locally as Coal Basin. Mid-Continent mining operations <br /> have been continuous in Coal Basin since 1956. <br /> There are five underground coal mines in the Basin. <br /> The number of mines that are in operation at any one time is <br /> dependent upon market conditions . Those not required to meet <br /> production requirements are temporarily shut down and maintained <br /> in a standby status . These mines are generally organized and <br /> operated as one mine complex with five entries . When the rock <br /> tunnel (described in Section II-B-3-c) is completed in 1986-87 , <br /> all coal from #1 and #2 mines will be brought to the surface <br /> r through one bore of the tunnel . Future plans are for lateral <br /> tunnels to connect the main tunnel to the other three mines . <br />