PROOF OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF LAS ANIMAS} SS
<br />Krysta E. Toci, of lawful age, being first duly
<br />sworn upon oath, deposes and says that she is
<br />the authorized agent of The Chronicle -News,
<br />daily newspaper of general circulation which is
<br />published and circulated in the City of
<br />Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, that
<br />said newspaper is a newspaper of general
<br />circulation complying with all of the requirements
<br />of Articles I to VII, Chapter 130, 1935,
<br />Colorado Statutes Annotated, and all other
<br />laws of said State, and that said legal / notice
<br />has been so published for the period of time
<br />prescribed in said newspaper proper and not a
<br />supplement.
<br />The attached Notice was published in said
<br />newspaper in its issue(s) dated
<br />52615 March 6, 2014
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<br />Krysta . oci
<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me this
<br />Lq day of OD&j�_,
<br />A. D., 2014.
<br />Allyson L. Sheumaker
<br />My commission expires on August 26, 2015
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />New Elk Coal Company Lll 12250 Highway 12,
<br />Weston, CO 81091, the operator of the New Elk Mine,
<br />Permit number C- 61 -012, Is filing for a technical revision
<br />to the New Elk Mine Permit with the State of Colorado,
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Permit 0 -81-
<br />012 renewal was approved by the Division on April 13,
<br />20119. For filing purposes, this technical revision
<br />application was deemed complete by the Division on
<br />February 28, 2014,
<br />The New Elk Mine is located approximately 7 miles west
<br />of Weston, Colorado on State Hwy. 12, within Sections
<br />13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, TS33S, R68W.
<br />These sections can be located on the USGS 7.5 minute
<br />Vigil and Weston quadrangle maps. A total of 222.6 acres
<br />of surface disturbance from mining related activity Is
<br />covered by a Letter of Credit Bond and Cash Bond in the
<br />amount of $4,133,137.02.
<br />The technical revision is a modification of the design for
<br />Clear Water Diversion Ditch D•55 and includes a revision
<br />to Table 20 Ditch Data and certified as -built Plan and
<br />Profile Drawings of Ditch D -55.
<br />The technical revision is on file for public inspection at the
<br />Las Animas County Courthouse, Office of County
<br />Recorder and with the Division of Minerals and Geology.
<br />Any written comments, objections or requests for a public
<br />hearing or informal conference regarding this bond
<br />release application must be submitted to the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sharman Street,
<br />Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 within 10 days of the
<br />date of the publication of this notice.
<br />Published: March 6, 2014 52615
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