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DELTA COUNTY
<br />IND
<br />EP9NDENTiiii
<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 ss.
<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
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<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 May 6th, A.D., 2015, and
<br />that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated May 27th, A.D., 2015.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of May,
<br />A.D., 2015.
<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 27th day of May, A.D.,
<br />2015.
<br />Notary 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
<br />Bowie Resources LLC, P.O. Box
<br />483, Paonia, CO, 61424 has sub-
<br />mitted an apphcatiq fpr a partial
<br />bond release to thO;Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining ertH.Safety for
<br />its mining permit No. C-1996.083_
<br />The mining permit was initfalfy
<br />approved an April 4, 1997 and t*,
<br />newed an April 4, 2012, The cu176ryt
<br />reclamation bond is $12,466,00.6
<br />and is in the form of four Corpdt8te
<br />surety bonds This permit 0tion
<br />will release about $1,5a0,OQ0 from
<br />the reclamation, bond. Tfte area for
<br />which partial bond release is being
<br />requested is wide spread over the
<br />permit area.
<br />During the. period 2003 through.
<br />2013, numerous driii pads, roads;
<br />end the ti board Creek and Frii
<br />iation holes wete.seeigil 1iUfi"ijg
<br />2013, 2014 and 20T$ tuventyioiit
<br />s)fhl sites and nine roads were re-
<br />stored to approximate original con-
<br />tours. Sot{ Cover and topsoil were
<br />oiaced on#.5`aeres of gob pile N1
<br />duiutg 20t4 ,Gob pile H1 and gob
<br />pits,
<br />Athevea'combined 7.4 acres
<br />covered with 3,5 feet of suis.
<br />During the ensuing years the vog
<br />etation has flourished on the drill'
<br />pads, roads and the Hubbard Creek;
<br />vent shaft site. The Freeman gulch'
<br />vent shaft site was covered by a
<br />21107 landslide. Based on a vageta-
<br />t(on evaluation performed during
<br />July and August 2014, a demon
<br />atration was made that untreated
<br />tlrafhage from the reclaimed areas
<br />does not contribute additional sus-
<br />pended solids above natural conch-
<br />tions. The vegetation study con-
<br />eludes the area sampled appearsto:
<br />be more than capable of support-
<br />Ing post -mining land uses.
<br />The twenty-four drill sites and nine
<br />roads representing 27,4 acres are
<br />e)igible for Ptiasg YFuu; 4'tuw.
<br />re 7.4
<br />.make up the 36.9 acres. The'.tp11
<br />bard Creek vent shaft site:tej7;te
<br />senting 1.0 acre is also d ibleifpi
<br />Phase I and If bond releA6s : t6N
<br />are 184 drillholes and,i tVNglaha{te
<br />that have been permanently.aifJs[f
<br />Coned and sealed that are eligible
<br />for Phase I, 11 and III bond release.
<br />The Freeman Gulch vnnt shaft site
<br />representing 1.o acres is alsoeligb
<br />ble for Phase 1, If and M release.
<br />The drill sites and other items in-
<br />cluded in this bond release appli-
<br />cation are wide spread stretching
<br />Com:,Hubbard Creek on the east
<br />:.to Stevens Gulch on the west The
<br />Mond release areas are bounded
<br />by the Union Pacific tracks to the
<br />south and stretching about 3.5
<br />miles to the north. The areas where
<br />bond release are being requested
<br />are contained on portions of the
<br />f611ovv
<br />glands:
<br />h Bancia 91
<br />Wes ----t 6thpM-
<br />Sec 2: VyPSW/4
<br />Sec, 3: Lot 83, 4, S/2NVJ/4,
<br />SW/4, N)2SE/4, SW/4
<br />SE/4
<br />Sec. 4: Lot 1, 2, SW/4SW/4,
<br />N2/SE/4, S/2S./2NE/4
<br />Sec. 5: S/2SW/45E/4, N/2NE/4
<br />SW/4
<br />Sec. 6: S/2NE/4, Lots 5, 6, SE/4
<br />SW,14,SE/4SE/4
<br />Sec. 7: SF/4NE/4, Lot 4, SE/4
<br />SN1/4, SE/4
<br />Sec 8- N/2NE/4, S(2NW/t, Stvi4
<br />Sec 9 WMSW*W4; NW/4,
<br />NE%XS 74, SE/4,
<br />So C. 10 Ef2[VSj4, NW/4NE/4
<br />ToWnship_12 5outh,-Ran,, 97
<br />Wost th PM
<br />Sec. 33: Lots 7, 8, and 16,
<br />Sec. 34: Lots 3, 5, 7 through.. 16
<br />Sec. 35: SW/4 Lot-,l,8rN�VJ4
<br />Lot 19
<br />Written comments or objections
<br />to the proposed bond release, and
<br />a request for a public hearing or
<br />informal conference may be sub-
<br />mitted to and additional informa-
<br />tion obtained from the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety,
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Den-
<br />ver, Co. 80203-2273, phone (303)
<br />86&-3567. Comments, objectior(S
<br />or requests for a public hearfng6t
<br />informal conference must be mecie
<br />within thirty (30) days of the 4
<br />Publication of this notice or wit"
<br />thirty (301 days of the completed
<br />bond reloasc inspection, ,hl,he+ts:
<br />is later.
<br />Published in the Dalt, County
<br />Independent May 6, 13, 20 and
<br />27, 2015,
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