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2.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND <br />MINING ACTIVITIES -- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND <br />RECLAMATION PLANS <br />2.05.2 Operation Plan - Estimated Area for Life of Operation <br />(1) Production Methods and Equipment <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is designed to maximize the utilization and <br />conservation of the coal resources. To achieve this, the Operator will use <br />the best technology available which will maintain environmental integrity. <br />Mine plan considerations include personnel and equipment safety and <br />surface protection where required. The Operator will use a combination of <br />room and pillar and longwall mining with belt haulage. <br />Room and pillar panels will be developed where longwall mining is not <br />feasible. Partial pillar recovery of all workings and barrier pillars will proceed <br />to the extent allowed by safe mining and surface protection concerns. <br />• Longwall panels will be developed as long as practicable within the <br />geometric constraints of the reserve base. The width of the panels will vary <br />between 800 and 1,000 feet. <br />Production from the mine will depend on market conditions. The maximum <br />expected production from the mine will be 6.0 million tons per year. <br />(2) Operation Description <br />The fee surface and coal reserve consists of 1867 acres. A total of eight <br />separate coal seams have been correlated and measured in the reserve <br />area. The B -2 Seam and the D -2 Seam, in ascending order, from the top of <br />the Rollins Sandstone have been found potentially commercially viable for <br />mining by underground methods. <br />The D -2 Seam reserve area encompasses approximately 1,000 fee coal <br />acres and the B -2 Seam reserve area encompasses approximately 800 fee <br />coal acres. Federal Coal lease COC -61209 contains 3,953.95 acres. <br />PR -12 2.05-1 - 02/10 <br />