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Public Notice
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a complete application for a technical
<br />revision to the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety for its approved Bowie No. 2 Mine, mining permit no. C-
<br />1996 -083. Technical revision no. 100 will revise the mine plan and sequence for the twelve northern longwall
<br />panels. The current mine plan projects mining an east panel then a west panel sequentially from south to north.
<br />The revised mine plan projects mining the east panels from south to north and then the west panels from north to
<br />south.
<br />Most of the mine facilities are located north of Bowie Road near the old town of Bowie, CO. A pump station,
<br />three sediment ponds, the unit train loadout and a coal mine waste pile are located south of Bowie Road.
<br />The Fire Mountain Canal is located south of the mine facilities and north of the unit train loadout. The North
<br />Fork of the Gunnison River is located south of the mine permit boundary. The mine permit area is located
<br />on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir Quadrangle maps within the following
<br />sections.
<br />Township 13 South. Ranae 91 West. 6th PM
<br />Sec.
<br />2:
<br />SW /4NW /4,SW /4
<br />Sec.
<br />3:
<br />ALL
<br />Sec.
<br />4:
<br />ALL
<br />Sec.
<br />5:
<br />ALL
<br />Sec.
<br />6:
<br />ALL
<br />Sec.
<br />7:
<br />ALL
<br />Sec.
<br />8:
<br />NE /4, W/2, W /2SE /4
<br />Sec.
<br />9:
<br />NE /4, NW /4, SE /4, NE /2SW /4, SE /4SW /4, NE /4SW /4SW /4
<br />Sec.
<br />10:
<br />ALL
<br />Sec.
<br />11:
<br />SW /4, NW 14
<br />Sec.
<br />14:
<br />NW /4 except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way
<br />Sec.
<br />15:
<br />NE /4, NW /4, NW /4SE /4* Portions of the N /2SE /4, SW /4SE /4, S /2SW /4, excluding all
<br />privately held lands not owned or controlled by Bowie Resources LLC or the Union Pacific
<br />Railroad.
<br />Sec.
<br />16:
<br />N /2NE /4
<br />Sec.
<br />17:
<br />NW /4, W /2NE /4
<br />Sec.
<br />18:
<br />Lots 1,2, NE /4, E /2NW 14
<br />Sec.
<br />22:
<br />Portion of NW 14NW /4, on lands owned by the Union Pacific Railroad
<br />Township 13 South, Range 92West, 6t' PM
<br />Sec. 1: All
<br />Sec. 12: Lots 1 through 12 inclusive
<br />Sec. 36: S/2
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 27:
<br />SW /4, S /2SE /4, S /2NE /4SE /4, S /2NW 14SE /4
<br />Sec. 28:
<br />E /2SE /4
<br />Sec. 31:
<br />Lots 11 through 26 inclusive
<br />Sec. 32:
<br />Lots 10 through 15 inclusive
<br />Sec. 33:
<br />Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SE /4NW /4, S 12NE /4, NE /4NE /4
<br />Sec. 34:
<br />ALL
<br />Sec. 35:
<br />SW /4 Lot 18, NW /4 Lot 19
<br />*North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit contains 10,987.2 acres of land, 5,723.9 acres of private surface and
<br />5,263.3 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the permit area encompass 1,957 acres with
<br />Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 9,030.2 acres.
<br />A copy of the proposed revision is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 2 Third
<br />Street, Paonia, CO, and at the offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety, 1313 Sherman
<br />St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866 -3567. Written comments regarding this application may
<br />be submitted to and additional information may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation Mining &
<br />Safety at the above address. Written comments must be received by the Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining & Safety within 10 days after the date of this publication in order to be considered.
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