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Article: Ligonier Township mine projects get limited permits
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- November 13, 2008
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Ligonier Township supervisors voted Tuesday to grant conditional-
use permits for proposed abandoned mine-reclamation projects on two
properties.
Ligonier-based Coal Loaders Inc. will extract remaining coal from
the sites and reclaim much of both lands as part of a government-
financed construction program.
The first property is a 40-acre plot owned by Seward Prosser
Mellon on Myers School Road known as Mellon Tract No. 2 that would
allow for completion of what would be the second phase of a three-
phase project. The company eventually plans to mine and reclaim a
third plot known as Mellon Tract No. 1, said Coal Loaders general
manager Don Lupyan.
The second property is a 9-acre tract owned ...