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COLORADO <br />* Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Uepartment of Natural ReSOUTCeS <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />June 27, 2014 <br />William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources, LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C- 1996 -083) <br />1St Quarter 2014 Coal Mine Waste Bank Inspection <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />The Division has received and reviewed BRL's 1St Quarter 2014 Waste Bank Inspection <br />Report for the Bowie No. 2 Mine dated April 18, 2014. The report included all of the <br />information required by Rules 4.10.1 and 4.09.1(11), and noted no appearance of <br />instability, structural weakness, or other hazardous conditions. Observations on the gob <br />piles are consistent with Division observations during the quarter. <br />Placement and compaction activities were limited to Gob Pile No. 3 during the <br />quarter. BRL was successful overall in achieving the requisite level of compaction, but <br />44% of the tests exceeded the optimum moisture content (OMC) by more than 4 %. In fact, <br />the average MC for all 45 tests (including 2 retests) was 4.0% above OMC. This is not <br />surprising, given the time of year, but MC should ideally be significantly less, i.e. no tests <br />>4.0% above OMC, and the average MC somewhere <2% above OMC. If you have any <br />questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />Susan L. Burgmaier <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />cc: Jim Stover, J.E. Stover & Associates <br />Marcia Talvitie, DRMS <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />aF °to <br />t��j <br />I �* * ic <br />1976 4L <br />