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<br />PROOF OF PUBLICATION
<br />County of La Plata,
<br />the Durango
<br />State of Colorado erald
<br />Drawer A, Durango, Colorado 81302
<br />I, Jacqueline LaFortune, do solemnly swear that I am the Classified Advertising Representative of the Durango Herald, and that I
<br />have personal knowledge of the essential facts stated herein; that the same is a daily newspaper printed in whole, and published in
<br />the County of La Plata, State of Colorado, and has a general circulation therein; that said newspaper has been published
<br />continuously and uninterruptedly in said County of La Plata for a period of more than twelve months next prior to the first
<br />publication of the annexed Legal notice or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as
<br />second -class matter under a provision of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a daily
<br />newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado.
<br />That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was published in the
<br />regular and entire editions of said daily newspaper one time(s) only.
<br />Once each day for XX consecutive issue days; once each week on the same
<br />day of each week for the period of XX consecutive insertions; and that the
<br />first publication of said notice was in the issue of said newspaper dated May
<br />10`h A.D., 2014, and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue
<br />of said newspaper dated May 10 "h A.D., 2014.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20`' day of May,
<br />AD 2014
<br />163424
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />GCC Energy, LLC, 6473 County
<br />Road 120, Hesperus, Colorado
<br />81326, phone (970) 385 -4528,
<br />has filed an application for a
<br />technical revision (TR -22) to a
<br />valid existing permit for the King
<br />II Mine (permit C -81 -035) with the
<br />Colorado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining & Safety. The subject of
<br />the revision is to propose the
<br />drilling of up to 9 exploration
<br />boreholes to determine coal qual-
<br />ity and quantity within the current
<br />permit area.
<br />The entire permit area is described
<br />as follows: T34N, R11 W, N.M.P.M:
<br />Section 5: SW /4, W/2 SEA, S/2
<br />SW /4 NW /4; Section 6: Lots 1 -5
<br />(inclusive), E/2 NW /4, NE /4, N/2
<br />SE /4, SEA SEA, SEA SW /4
<br />SEA; Section 7: NE /4 NEA, NEA
<br />NW /4 NEA; Section 8: N/2 NW /4.
<br />T35N, R11W, N.M.P.M.: Section
<br />28: SW /4 SWA; Section 29: S/2
<br />SEA; Section 31: Lot 4, SE /4
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a notary public in and for the SW /4, SE /4, S/2 NE /4; Section
<br />32: W /2, NE /4. A tract in Sections
<br />County of La Plata, State of Colorado this 20th day of May, A.D., 2014. 29 and 30, Beginning at a point
<br />on the South line in said Section
<br />29, Whence SW corner of said
<br />`� / / `��.�r, Section N bears West, 9.16 feet;
<br />(�i,/ � Thence N 22 37' W, 551.30 feet,
<br />Notary Public more or less to south right -of -way
<br />_ in Co. Rd. 120; Thence N 84 23'E,
<br />./200' 0, 82.09 feet, to West right -of -way in
<br />Wright Coal Mine Road; Thence
<br />S 22 37' E, along said line, 560.0
<br />feet to South line of said Section
<br />1,94 29; Thence West along said South
<br />line 85.04 feet to point of begin-
<br />ning. T35N, R12W, N.M.P.M.:
<br />Section 36, Section 35: N/2 SE /4.
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<br />My Commission expires February 2 "d, 2015`^ -�_ The area affected for this revision
<br />R12W, N.M.P.M.,
<br />La Plata County,
<br />Colorado. The surface of the
<br />affected area is owned by the
<br />State of Colorado. All active min-
<br />ing activities of the mine lie to the
<br />north side of Hay Gulch, approxi-
<br />mately 6.5 miles southwest of
<br />Hesperus, CO, as identified on
<br />U.S.G.S. 7.5- minute quadrangles
<br />of Hesperus, Kline, Thompson
<br />Park & Mormon Reservoir. The
<br />proposed land use at the comple-
<br />tion of mining is rangeland.
<br />A copy of the application is
<br />available for public review at
<br />the La Plata County Clerk and
<br />Recorder's Office, 98 Everett St.,
<br />Suite C, Durango, CO, and at the
<br />Colorado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining & Safety, 1313 Sherman
<br />St., Room 215, Denver, Colorado
<br />80203, phone (303) 866 -3567.
<br />Anyone with a valid interest
<br />may submit written comments
<br />or objections within 30 days of
<br />the last publication of this notice.
<br />All comments, objections, and
<br />requests must be submitted in
<br />writing to the Colorado Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining & Safety at
<br />the above address.
<br />Published in The Durango Herald,
<br />May 10th, 2014.
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