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UNITED STATES
<br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Serial No.. COC 1362
<br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Date of Lease: September 1. 1967
<br />MODIFIED COAL LEASE
<br />PART I.
<br />THIS MODIFIED COAL LEASE is entered into on DEC 01 ZQ11 by and between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
<br />hereinafter called the Lessor, through the Bureau of Land Management, and
<br />Mountain Coal Company. LLC
<br />One CityPlace Drive, Ste. 300
<br />St. Louis, MO 63141
<br />hereinafter called Lessee.
<br />This modified lease shall retain the effective date September I, 1967, of the original Coal Lease COC 1362, and is effective for a
<br />period of 20 years therefrom, and for so long thereafter as coal is produced in commercial quantities from the leased lands, subject to
<br />readjustment of lease terms at the end of the 20th lease year (September 1. 1987), and each 10 -year period thereafter.
<br />Sec. 1. This lease is issued pursuant and subject to the terms and provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended.
<br />41 Stat. 437, 30 U.S.C. 181-287, hereinafter referred to as the Act; and to the regulations and formal orders of the Secretary of the Interior
<br />which are now or hereafter in force, when not inconsistent with the express and specific provisions herein.
<br />Sec. 2. Lessee as the holder of Coal Lease COC 1362, issued effective September 1, 1967, was granted the exclusive right and
<br />privilege to drill for, mine, extract, remove or otherwise process and dispose of the coal deposits in. upon, or under the lands described
<br />below as Original Lease and Modification 1.
<br />The Lessor in consideration of fair market value, rents and royalties to be paid, and the conditions and covenants to be observed as
<br />herein set forth, hereby grants and leases to Lessee the exclusive right and privilege to drill for, mine, extract, remove, or otherwise
<br />process and dispose of the coal deposits in, upon, or under the lands described below as Modification 2:
<br />Original Lease: Sixth Principal Meridian. Colorado
<br />T. 13 S., R. 90 W.,
<br />secs. 27 and 28;
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<br />sec. 29, lots 1 thru 14;
<br />sec. 30, lots 5, 6, and 9;
<br />sec. 32, lots 1 thru 9, excluding 24.8 acres in Independent Reservoir;
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<br />secs. 33 and 34.
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<br />T. 14 S., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.
<br />sec. 3;
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<br />sec. 4, lots I thru 3. SMEIA, SEIANW'/4, E'hSWIA, and SERA;
<br />sec. 9, N'i4NEIA, and SEIANEIA;
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<br />sec. 10, NYL
<br />Containing 4,836.36 acres in Gunnison County, Colorado.
<br />Modification f: Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado
<br />T. 13 S., R. 90 W.,
<br />sec. 35, lots 3, 4, 19, 27, 29, 31, and 34.
<br />Containing 160.92 acres in Gunnison County, Colorado.
<br />Modification 2: Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado
<br />T. 14 S., R. 90 W.,
<br />sec. 10, WAWA, and SE%;
<br />sec. 11, SV"'A. and SW IA;
<br />sec. 14, NE'/4NW/, WAWA, W A, SW'/4NWIA, W'/2SEIANWIA, W'/:NEINSWIA,
<br />W A;
<br />and WAWA;
<br />sec. 15, E%NEIA, and N%SE'h.
<br />Containing approximately 800 acres, more or less, in Gunnison County, Colorado.
<br />containing 5,797.280 acres, more or less, together with the right to construct such works, buildings, plants, structures, equipment and
<br />appliances and the right to use such on -lease rights-of-way which may be necessary and convenient in the exercise of the rights and
<br />privileges granted, subject to the conditions herein provided.
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