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<br />NEW ELK COAL <br />41- <br />January 25, 2011 <br />COMPANY <br />Kent Gorham <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ??(?'ej %jVID <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 JAS 2 J0AA n, <br />Re: New Elk Mine Permit C-1981-012 u?? y?.' andsafe+N <br />M?n?n9 <br />Technical Revision No. 55 <br />Bates Portal <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />The New Elk Mine is proposing to develop new portals and slope declines to access <br />the Blue Seam. The Blue Seam has been identified as a mineable metallurgical coal <br />reserve. The reserve is located to the east and to the north of the mine plan area. The <br />new portals will be referred to as the Bates Portals. <br />Description of Revision <br />The Bates Portals will be located southeast of the silos. The portal face up requires <br />about a 45 foot high cut. Cut slopes in common material are excavated 1.5HAV. Cut <br />slopes in rock are excavated at a 0.25HAV. Rock bolts, wire mesh and shotcrete will <br />be used as necessary to stabilize the cut slope. Three declined slope entries will be <br />driven in an easterly direction approximately 425 feet to the Blue Seam. Blue Seam <br />mining will be addressed in a separate permit revision. <br />Storage Areas <br />The reclamation area located west of pond 1 will be used as a subsoil and topsoil <br />storage area. Topsoil will be removed from the east side to the reclamation area and <br />stockpiled on the west site (topsoil stockpile #3). Subsoil will be stored in subsoil pile <br />#1. Bedrock subsoil will be stored on the west side of the reclamation area in subsoil <br />pile #2. <br />122 W. First Street PHONE (719) 845-0090 <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 FAX ((719) 845-0077 <br />e-MnrL ronthompson@newelkcoal.com