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OXBOW MINING, LLC -� <br /> 3737 Hwy 133 P.O.Box 535, Somerset,Colorado 81434 USA Tel(970)929-512��2++ -5177 <br /> January 30, 2019 <br /> 1 <br /> Mr. Leigh Simmons \V����G�P <br /> Environmental Protection Specialist 0 <br /> Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> Re: Oxbow Mining, LLC.,Permit C-1981-022 <br /> 2018 Annual Reclamation Report <br /> Dear Mr. Simmons: <br /> The following information is submitted as the 2018 Annual Reclamation Report for the Oxbow <br /> Mining, LLC., Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mines. The contents of this report are submitted to <br /> satisfy the requirements of CDMG Rule 2.04.13 Annual Reclamation Reports. Also included is <br /> an executed CDRMS,Annual Reclamation Report for Calendar Year 2018 form. <br /> Location and numbers of acres disturbed during 2018: 0.00 acres <br /> Location and number of acres of areas backfilled and graded during 2018: 27.6 acres <br /> Oxbow Mining began backfill and grading operations in November of 2017. Operations <br /> included the removal of the Middle Pad of the Elk Creek Mine and restoration of the creek bed <br /> as required in the permit. Material from the middle pad was transported to the foot of the East <br /> yard refuse pile. The Middle Pad had previously been the site of the Elk Creek Mine Portals, <br /> Lamp house, Diesel shop, Tank farm, Wash bay and CV-1 Conveyor drive. Back filling and top <br /> soiling and seeding of this area was completed in March of 2018. <br /> In May of 2018, backfill and grading began on the Lower pad and included restoration of the <br /> lower portion of the creek bed as required in the permit. The Lower pad had previously been the <br /> site of two stack tubes,reclaim tunnel and coal inventory storage. The coal mine refuse piles, <br /> West Valley I and 11, were completed and reclaimed, as was the upper West Valley II access <br /> road. By September of 2018, all backfilling grading and topsoil areas of the Lower pad, West <br /> Valley I and II and topsoil piles were finished and seeding was completed. <br /> 0 Page 1 <br />