12. of having our production schedules interrupted by labor stoppages of the type where there is no really valid dispute between the company and its workers. In Peru and more recently in Australia we have found the local unions working in our mines forced to accept the dictates of the national unions which were striving for political or economic goals that were not genuine grievances which could be settled by face-to-face negotiation between the local union and the local mine management. This is not a problem that concerns me deeply for the long run, since we can in time recover whatever production is lost in order to meet contractual delivery requirements. However it can have serious short term impacts that can affect monthly or quarterly results. Quite frankly, I consider that our prospects far outbalance the problems that we must face and overcome. The great leaps forward that we have made in raising our earnings have stemmed out of additions of new profit centers, and both Utah and Marcona have in prospect new opportunities that are not yet firm but promise additional earning power if the deals can be successfully consummated. One of the most exciting is that of coal gasification based upon our uncommitted Navajo coal reserves. Utah has entered into a 25-year contract with subsidiaries of Pacific Lighting and Texas Eastern Gas Transmission to supply coal for a coal gasification plant to be built in the Four Corners area. The plant would produce 250 million cubic feet of gas daily and require 9, 600, 000 tons of coal annually. The program is dependent upon receiving necessary governmental approvals and successfully concluding plantsite and right-of-way agreements with the Navajo Tribe. Until these agreements are obtained and the program is definitely going forward, Utah is not including mineral sales under