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DELTA COUNTY
<br />INDEPENDENT
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA Iss.
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher of
<br />the Delta County Independent, that the same is a weekly news-
<br />paper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
<br />said County of Delta for a period of more than fifty -two consecu-
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice
<br />or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the
<br />United States mails as second -class matter under the provisions
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish-
<br />ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws
<br />of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or advertis-
<br />ment was published in the regular and entire issue four con-
<br />secutive insertions; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated September 17th, A.D., 2014,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated October 8th, A.D., 2014.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of
<br />October, A.D., 2014.
<br />General manager of said Delta County Independent
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary Public in and for the
<br />County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 8th day of October, A.D.,
<br />2014.
<br />Otaiy Public
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2017
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />PATRICIA SUNDERLAND
<br />NOTARY PUBLIC
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />My Commission Expires 12-24 -2017
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room
<br />Bowie Resources LLC, P.O. Box 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) B66
<br />1488, Paonia, CO', 81424 has sub- 3567. Written comments or objec-
<br />mitted an application for a partial tions to the proposed release, and
<br />bond release to the Division of a request for a public hearing or
<br />Reclamation, Mining and safety for informal conference may be sub -
<br />its mining permit No. C -1981 -038. mon obtainedf odmrthe Division of
<br />The mining permit was initially ap- Mining and Safety,
<br />proved on September 24, 1981 and Reclamation,
<br />renewed on April 20, 2013. The cur- 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Den -
<br />rent reclamation bond is $5,761,290 ver, Co. 80203 -2273, phone (303)
<br />and is in the form of three corpo 866 -3567. Comments, objections
<br />rate surety bonds. This permit ac- or requests for a public hearing or
<br />tion will release about $250,000 informal conference must be made
<br />from the reclamation bond. The ithin publication of this notice of the last
<br />area for which partial bond release' p or within
<br />is being requested is at the Bowie thirty (30) days of the completed
<br />No. 1, East and West Mines. bond release inspection, whichever
<br />During the period 2000 through is late ublished in the Delta County
<br />2002, a portion of the West mine
<br />was returned to approximate origi -- Indobendent September p 17, 24,
<br />nal contours and seeded. During
<br />2008, the Timber Storage Area -
<br />located at the East mine was re-
<br />turned to AOC and seeded.
<br />During the ensuing years the veg-
<br />etation has flourished. Based on
<br />a vegetation evaluation performed
<br />during June 2013, a demonstration
<br />was made that untreated drainage
<br />from the reclaimed areas do not
<br />contribute additional suspended
<br />solids above natural conditions.
<br />The vegetation study concludes the
<br />area sampled appears to be more
<br />than capable of supporting post -
<br />mining land uses.
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located in
<br />Delta County, approximately four
<br />(4) miles north of Paonia, CO. The
<br />surface facilities, located north of
<br />the North Fork of the Gunnison
<br />River, are located in portions of
<br />Sections 23 and 24, Township 13
<br />South, Range 92 West; and Sec-
<br />tion 29, Township 13 South, Range
<br />91 West of the 6th P.M. The mine
<br />permit area is located on the U.S.
<br />Geological Survey 7.5 minute
<br />Bowie and Gray Reservoir, Colo-
<br />rado Quadrangle maps within the
<br />following sections.
<br />Townshio 13 South Rangg 22
<br />West 61h PM.
<br />Sections: 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
<br />15, 22, 23, 24 and 25
<br />Townshio 13 South Range 91
<br />West 6th PM.
<br />Sections: 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29,
<br />and 30
<br />containing 8,541 acres rpore or
<br />less.
<br />The surface of the permit area is
<br />owned by numerous private land
<br />owners and the U. S. Government.
<br />The Bowie No: 1 Mine permit area
<br />contains 8,541 acres of land, 6,368
<br />acres of private surface and 2,173
<br />acres of Federal surface. Private
<br />minerals within the proposed per-
<br />mit area encompass 213 acres with
<br />Federal minerals accounting for the
<br />balance of 8,328 acres.
<br />A copy of the bond release appli-
<br />cation is available for public inspec-
<br />tion at the Delta County Clerk and
<br />Recorders office 5th and Palmer,
<br />Delta, CO, at the Paonia Public Li-
<br />brary, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia,
<br />CO, and at the offices of the Divi-
<br />sion of Reclamation, Mining and
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