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Revised 11/15/81 <br /> Corporation will submit the proper and necessary plans to show ' the <br /> method and area where disturbances will occur. Sufficient lead times <br /> will be taken to ensure protection of environmental resources and also <br /> to coincide with the necessary safe, efficient operation of the mine. <br /> 2.05.3 Operation Plan - Permit Area <br /> Production Methods and Equipment <br /> Coal is mined at the Maxwell Mine by continuous miner methods in a room <br /> and pillar configuration. Access to the Maxwell seam is by an incline <br /> slope from the surface to the coal seam. During construction of the <br /> mine, the incline slope was driven by conventional methods to intersect <br /> the Maxwell seam. Upon completion of the slope, continuous miners and <br /> associated support and haulage equipment have been utilized to begin <br /> development of entries which will be utilized during the life of the <br /> operation. <br /> Mining operations to be conducted during the term of the permit, <br /> operations will be all developmental in nature. Traditional room and <br /> pillar methods are utilized to mine the coal contained in the areas <br /> where main and submain entries are being developed. Development of the <br /> mains and submains is merely in preparation for later higher productive <br /> methods of mining to be utilized in the later operation of the mine. <br /> During the permit term, CF&I Steel Corporation expects to produce at a <br /> 500,000 ton per year rate. Total production during the permit term at <br /> this production rate is expected to be approximately 2.5 million tons, <br /> but will vary depending upon market demands for the steel-making <br /> operation at Pueblo, Colorado. <br /> Equipment associated with the continuous miner, room and pillar method <br /> of mining consists of shuttle cars, roof bolting machines , loading <br /> machines, rock dust equipment, supply haulage equipment, and belt line <br /> haulage equipment. In addition, personnel transport equipment which <br /> allow access by the crews, supervisory, and maintenance personnel is <br /> also utilized. <br /> 2.05-6 <br />