Currently, Evans Coal L.P. has reestablished the coal reserves and has obtained surface disturbance Permit 4292. Permitting of the mine sites is under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Department of Mines(ODM).
Summary
Resource estimates can be substantiated by review of all drill hole data and collaborated by independent engineering. Evans can show all of Armco Steel's data as well as confirmation by John T. Boyd Engineering and Weir International Order of Magnitude reports. All such information is available for review.
1. Drill Hole logs
2. Isopach maps for coal thickness, FSI (1.45 Float), Sulfur (1.45 Float), Ash (1.45 Float), Iso Interval map, and Mine progress maps.
Full-scale coking report are available in their entirety. Coal quality is very well defined in the reserve, feasibility, and coking reports. Every possible effort was made by Armco's mining engineers to determine coal quality from independent laboratories so that it could be used in their Baytown Houston coking ovens as well as other hard coking coal purchasers.
Reserve Details
Poteau Reserve
Location
This lease is located 3 miles north of Poteau, Oklahoma, east of State Highway 59.
Coal Seam
The coal to be mined at this location is the Upper and Lower Hartshorne.
Reserve
This site lies along the north limb of the Cavanal Syncline. The total in-place coal reserve is calculated to be 79 million tons, of which 38 million tons is recoverable. This reserve underlies 10,380 acres of land.
Coal Quality
The in-place coal quality is as follows:
Moisture% 2.4
Ash% 5.6
Volatile% 16
Sulfur% 1.2
Projected Coal Shipment Quality
Moisture% 4
Ash% 8.10
Volatile% 16.3
Sulfur% 1.09
Status
A test mine operation was conducted at this site from 1978 to 1980 to determine the mining conditions and the quality of coal. The test was successful and the results were very favorable.
Transportation System Available
Trucks, barges and Kansas City Southern railroads will be used to transport the coal from this site.
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McCurtain Reserve
The McCurtain Reserve, which includes LBA OKNM 127509, contains 4,150.85 acres of coal lands located northeast of McCurtain, Haskell County, Oklahoma. The minable coal seam contained on this reserve is the Hartshorne Coal Seam which includes the Upper and Lower Hartshorne seams as they appear together. The reserve averages 41 inches in coal seam thickness with the following average analysis:
Volatile 21.72%
Ash 8.06%
Sulfur 1.30%
The calculated in-place tonnage is 21 million tons. Evans also owns over 201 mol acres of surface land in the mine portal area.
Geology
The McCurtain property is located on the northwest flank of the Milton Anticline, as it dips into the Cowlington Syncline. The coal seams dips 10-12 degrees at the outcrop then flattens rapidly to less than 5 degrees within ½ mile of the outcrop. The east half of the reserves lies in a shelf area on the syncline that widens to the northeast. The coal in this shelf area thins to 36 inches and then thickens to the west to 41 inches.
Transportation System Available
Trucks, barges and Kansas City Southern railroads will be used to transport the coal from this site.
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McAlester Reserve
Location
This lease is located at McAlester and 5 miles east of McAlester, Oklahoma on State Highway 270.
Coal Seam
The coal to be mined at this site is the McAlester (Stigler) seam with an average thickness of 36 inches.
Reserve
This reserve is located on the north limb of the Kiowa syncline. The total in-place coal reserve is calculated to be 40 million tons. This reserve underlies 10,266 acres of land.
Coal Quality
An exploration program along the outcrop during the fall of 1985 shows an average quality of:
Moisture,% 3.43
Ash% 3.698
Volatile% 38
Sulfur% 0.71
Projected Coal Shipment Quality
The projected coal quality of run-of-mine basis is as follows:
Moisture% 6
Ash% 10
Volatile% 38
Sulfur% 0.7
Transportation System Available
Trucks, barges and Union Pacific railroads will be used to transport the coal from this site.
Summary
- There are 3 metallurgical coal reserves located very close to each other in eastern Oklahoma
- Reserve #1 (Poteau) 82 million tons, two seams of coal with seam heights in the upper averaging 46.9 inches and the lower seam averaging 54 inches, Pocahontas type low volatile coal, with an average analysis as follows: Volatile 16.97%, Ash 8.69%, Sulfur 1.03%
- Reserve #2 (McCurtain) 21 million tons, seam thickness 41 inches, mid volatile coal, with average analysis as follows: Volatile 21.71%, Ash 8.06%, Sulfur 1.30%
- Reserve #3 (McAlester) 40 million tons, high volatile coal, with average analysis as follows: Volatile 38.0%, Ash 3.69%, Sulfur 0.71%
Resource estimates can be substantiated by review of all drill hole data and collaborated by independent engineering. Evans can show all of Armco Steel's data as well as confirmation by John T. Boyd Engineering and Weir International Order of Magnitude reports. All such information is available for review.
1. Drill Hole logs
2. Isopach maps for coal thickness, FSI (1.45 Float), Sulfur (1.45 Float), Ash (1.45 Float), Iso Interval map, and Mine progress maps.
Full-scale coking report are available in their entirety. Coal quality is very well defined in the reserve, feasibility, and coking reports. Every possible effort was made by Armco's mining engineers to determine coal quality from independent laboratories so that it could be used in their Baytown Houston coking ovens as well as other hard coking coal purchasers.
Reserve Details
Poteau Reserve
Location
This lease is located 3 miles north of Poteau, Oklahoma, east of State Highway 59.
Coal Seam
The coal to be mined at this location is the Upper and Lower Hartshorne.
Reserve
This site lies along the north limb of the Cavanal Syncline. The total in-place coal reserve is calculated to be 79 million tons, of which 38 million tons is recoverable. This reserve underlies 10,380 acres of land.
Coal Quality
The in-place coal quality is as follows:
Moisture% 2.4
Ash% 5.6
Volatile% 16
Sulfur% 1.2
Projected Coal Shipment Quality
Moisture% 4
Ash% 8.10
Volatile% 16.3
Sulfur% 1.09
Status
A test mine operation was conducted at this site from 1978 to 1980 to determine the mining conditions and the quality of coal. The test was successful and the results were very favorable.
Transportation System Available
Trucks, barges and Kansas City Southern railroads will be used to transport the coal from this site.
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McCurtain Reserve
The McCurtain Reserve, which includes LBA OKNM 127509, contains 4,150.85 acres of coal lands located northeast of McCurtain, Haskell County, Oklahoma. The minable coal seam contained on this reserve is the Hartshorne Coal Seam which includes the Upper and Lower Hartshorne seams as they appear together. The reserve averages 41 inches in coal seam thickness with the following average analysis:
Volatile 21.72%
Ash 8.06%
Sulfur 1.30%
The calculated in-place tonnage is 21 million tons. Evans also owns over 201 mol acres of surface land in the mine portal area.
Geology
The McCurtain property is located on the northwest flank of the Milton Anticline, as it dips into the Cowlington Syncline. The coal seams dips 10-12 degrees at the outcrop then flattens rapidly to less than 5 degrees within ½ mile of the outcrop. The east half of the reserves lies in a shelf area on the syncline that widens to the northeast. The coal in this shelf area thins to 36 inches and then thickens to the west to 41 inches.
Transportation System Available
Trucks, barges and Kansas City Southern railroads will be used to transport the coal from this site.
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McAlester Reserve
Location
This lease is located at McAlester and 5 miles east of McAlester, Oklahoma on State Highway 270.
Coal Seam
The coal to be mined at this site is the McAlester (Stigler) seam with an average thickness of 36 inches.
Reserve
This reserve is located on the north limb of the Kiowa syncline. The total in-place coal reserve is calculated to be 40 million tons. This reserve underlies 10,266 acres of land.
Coal Quality
An exploration program along the outcrop during the fall of 1985 shows an average quality of:
Moisture,% 3.43
Ash% 3.698
Volatile% 38
Sulfur% 0.71
Projected Coal Shipment Quality
The projected coal quality of run-of-mine basis is as follows:
Moisture% 6
Ash% 10
Volatile% 38
Sulfur% 0.7
Transportation System Available
Trucks, barges and Union Pacific railroads will be used to transport the coal from this site.