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To: johnlw who wrote (1497)	7/29/2008 4:31:53 PM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1740

>> Do they have lots of water down there? << The site is in an industrial park in Benwood, West Virginia on the banks of the Ohio river near Wheeling, W.V. see map at: maps.yahoo.com The plant will include a barge landing for shipping product. The Ohio is quite large there and water supply should not be a problem. >> Are these strip mines in West Virginia? << The coal will come from CONSOL's Shoemaker Mine. CONSOL describes it thus: Shoemaker Mine is located near Wheeling, WV, and produces coal from the Pittsburgh 8 Seam using one longwall system and three continuous mining machines. Coal is transported to the surface by a conveyor belt and underground track locomotives to a preparation plant. source: consolenergy.com That's an underground mine. But even if it wasn't, surface mines with funded reclamation plans are acceptable in West Virginia. >> These are big hurdles here.<< Just out of curiosity, where is 'here'? Dennis