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1111111111111111111 <br />American <br />Coal wins <br />award <br />RAG American Coal <br />Companys affiliate, Colorado <br />Yampa Coal Company, won the <br />prestigious state Division of <br />Minerals and Geology/Colorado <br />Mining Association Reclamation <br />Award for 2000. <br />The annual award, which is <br />given For outstanding achieve- <br />ment in environmental protee• <br />lion and reclamation, was pre- <br />sented at the recent 103rd <br />National Western Mining <br />Conference of the Colorado <br />Mining Association al Colorado <br />Springs. <br />Yampa Coal Company <br />received the award For restoring <br />the pre~7ously-mined surface area <br />of Eckman Mine No. 1, a fonner <br />surface coal mine near Oak <br />Creek. The Eckman No. 1 mine <br />operated From the early 1970s to <br />1939 and produced approximate- <br />ly 44 million tons of coal for eleo- <br />tric utilities. <br />Colorado Yampa Coal <br />Company began reclamation <br />work at the mine ur the 1970s and <br />completed it in 1991. The work• <br />included contouring the land, and <br />planting native and invoduced <br />vegetation. <br />Monday, December Y8, 2000 <br />