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July 13, 2017 <br />Mr. Leigh Simmons <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Mr. Mike Ludlow <br />President <br />Oxbow Mining, LLC. <br />P.O. Box 535 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br />Dear Sirs: <br />Hotchkiss Ranches, Inc. owns the private surface estate covering substantially all of the now <br />abandoned underground Elk Creek Mine. While in operation, in order to safely mine the coal <br />located in the Elk Creek Mine, Oxbow Mining, LLC was allowed to build Gob Vent Borehole <br />pads and access roads on Hotchkiss property to develop, operate and maintain these boreholes. <br />The now existing roads are valuable to Hotchkiss Ranches because they allow improved access <br />to our property for grazing and hunting purposes and have therefore become very useful to us. <br />Hotchkiss Ranches, Inc. requests that the roads that are located on land owned by Hotchkiss <br />Ranches, which were created by Oxbow Mining, LLC to drill and to access Gob Vent Borehole <br />sites above the Elk Creek Mine, be left as they are and not be reclaimed. <br />Thank you for your attention to this matter. <br />Sincerely, <br />Brian K. Farmer <br />President <br />Hotchkiss Ranches, Inc. <br />619 Shepherds Lane <br />Hotchkiss, CO 81419-0479 <br />Cc: United States Forest Service, <br />United States Bureau of Land Management <br />