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transport. <br /> Surface activity further includes transport and disposal of <br /> refuse from the wash plant; disposal of non-coal waste, <br /> maintenance of surface facilities, transport of men, <br /> equipment, materials) as necessary for mining, transport and <br /> site maintenance activities. <br /> A. Projected Levels of Mineral Extraction <br /> C.S. Coal intends to produce coal to meet the needs of the <br /> Geneva Steel mill. Production is currently projected at <br /> approximately 600,000 - 800,000 tons per year of clean coal . <br /> Up to 1.2 million tons per year of clean coal could be <br /> produced from present facilities, given sufficient market <br /> demand. <br /> B. Underground Operations <br /> 1. Production Methods <br /> (A) Lonawall Minina. <br /> The coal is mined primarily by the use of longwall mining <br /> machines. The longwall method mines a block of coal up to 900 <br /> feet wide, and 2,000' to 6 ,000' long. A shearing machine <br /> traverses the width, cutting the coal, which falls onto a <br /> chain conveyor, which carries it to one end (the headgate) of <br /> the section being mined. The coal is then discharged to a <br /> stageloader, which in turn feeds it onto a conveyor belt, <br /> which in turn carries it out of the mine to the surface coal <br /> handling facilities. <br /> The roof along the longwall face is supported by shields (a <br /> steel canopy above the men and equipment) which advances with <br /> the equipment of the longwall face. <br /> (B) Room and Pillar Mining <br /> The coal is mined by driving sets of entries in the seam on an <br /> established pattern. The pillars or blocks of coal formed by <br /> these entries must be of sufficient size to support the weight <br /> of the roof. A continuous mining machine cuts the coal, thus <br /> making the entries, and loads it into shuttle cars, which in <br /> turn haul the coal to the feederbreaker to be sized and fed <br /> onto a conveyor belt, then carried out of the mine. <br /> 2. Major E=igment - Underground <br /> (A) Mining <br /> Crystal Springs Coal, Inc. 1A Coal Basin Mine <br />