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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. 107 will temporarily suspend some hydrologic monitoring points that will not be <br />affected by mining the foreseeable. <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. Ranoe 91 West. 6th PM <br />Sec. 2: <br />SW/4NW/4,SW/4 <br />Sec. 3: <br />ALL <br />Sec. 4: <br />ALL <br />Sec. 5: <br />ALL <br />Sec. 6: <br />ALL <br />Sec. 7: <br />ALL <br />Sec. 8: <br />NE/4, W/2, W/2SE/4 <br />Sec. 9: <br />NE/4, NW/4, SE/4, NE/2SW/4, SE/4SW/4, NE/4SW/4SW/4 <br />Sec. 10: <br />ALL <br />Sec. 11: <br />SW/4, NW/4 <br />Sec. 14: <br />NW/4 except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way <br />Sec. 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. 16: <br />N/2NE/4 <br />Sec. 17: <br />NW/4, W/2NE/4 <br />Sec. 18: <br />Lots 1,2, NE/4, E/2NW/4 <br />Sec. 22: <br />Portion of NW/4NW/4, on lands owned by the Union Pacific Railroad <br />Township 13 South, Range 92West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 1: <br />All <br />Sec. 12: <br />Lots 1 through 12 inclusive <br />Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 27: <br />SW/4, S/2SE/4, S/2NE/4SE/4, S/2NW/4SE/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/2NE/4, NE/4NE/4 <br />Sec. 34: <br />ALL <br />Sec. 35: <br />SW/4 Lot 18, NW/4 Lot 19 <br />Township 12 South, Range 92 West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 36: <br />S/2 <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. <br />