Table 1. — Comparisons of key parameters of 22 Western Coal Mines' — Continued 



Mining 

 Beginning dale 



Mine and location 



Reclamation 

 Beginning date 



Aacs teclaimed 



LandUs< 



Qimatic Factors 



Topography 

 Elevation, in fee 



13. HELCOAND Underground: 



REMINGER MINES Closed since 

 Huntington, Emery I950's. 



County, central Utah Few acres each, 

 on hillsides, 

 uses 15' maps: 



Hiawatha 

 lat 39°24'N.; 



long ur08'W. 

 T.16S., R.7E. 



Trash removal, 

 1975-77; 

 some grass 

 seeding. 



Premining: 

 Wildlife 

 habitat. 



Intended: No 

 change. 



Growing season 

 (avg frost-free days): 

 132 (estimate). 



Temperature (°F): 

 mean annual: 46 



(estimate) 

 range: No data. 



Precipitation (inches): 

 mean annual: 14 



(estimate) 

 range: No data. 



Steep, rocky cliffs and 

 narrow canyons with 

 slopes of 50 to 60 

 percent. Gullying and 

 rock slides. 



7,450 



14. NAVAJO MINE 

 Fruitland, San Juan 

 County, north- 

 western New Mexico 



USGS 7/.' maps: 



Fruitland 

 lat 36°42'N.; 



long I08°26'W. 

 T.28-29N., R. 15-16 W. 



Flat mesas, very low 

 relief. Extensive, low, 

 undulating, graded 

 spoils; some aban- 

 doned, entrenched 

 access roads to 

 operating pits and ash 

 disposal areas. Minor 

 rilling due to irriga- 

 tion operations. 



5,220-5,400 



See OlcaMn (1779) (or published rcctamalion dala 



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