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Bowie Quadrangle Map,and the Bowie No.2 mine portals are located northwest of the Old King Mine <br /> portals(also known as the Bowie Mine). The surface facilities are located north and south of Old State <br /> Highway 133 near the old townsite of Bowie. The mine is located between Terror Creek and Hubbard <br /> Creek. A portion of the surface facilities is within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way of old State <br /> Highway 133. <br /> The original Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application indicated that mining would be conducted using the <br /> room and pillar mining method. Permit Revision No. 2 changed the mining method to longwall mining <br /> but kept the rate of production at two million tons per year. Approval of Permit Revision No. 3 increased <br /> maximum mine production to five million tons per year. Approval of Permit Revision No. 6 increased <br /> coal production to 6 million tons per year. Approval of Permit Revision No. 7 permitted the construction <br /> of portals and facilities to mine the B-2 coal seam. The five year B-2 coal seam mine plan was approved <br /> through Permit Revision No. 8. There is no mining of the B-2 Seam or the D-2 Seam currently. The <br /> status of the Bowie No. 2 Mine is active,due to reclamation activities. <br /> Land Use and Cultural and Historic Resource Information <br /> Detailed information regarding land uses and cultural and historic resources within the Bowie No. 2 Mine <br /> permit area is provided in Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4 of the PAP. A brief summary is provided below, <br /> and this summary is derived from the information presented within Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4. <br /> The Bowie No.2 Mine permit and adjacent area includes a mix of land uses. The lower elevation areas <br /> are used for pasture,orchards,residential and industrial uses. Approval of Permit Revision No. 6 added <br /> hayland to the list of permit area land uses. Agricultural uses are served by irrigation water. The higher <br /> elevations within and adjacent to the permit area support some rangeland use, and the areas offer <br /> abundant wildlife habitat. The lands also support various recreational uses. <br /> Historic and current mining operations also exist in the general area. The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located <br /> west of the Bowie No.2 Mine permit area. The Terror Creek Loadout is located to the south of the <br /> Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The reclaimed new Blue Ribbon Mine is also located nearby along <br /> Hubbard Creek,as are outlying facilities associated with the Sanborn Creek Mine. Historic coal mines <br /> located within and adjacent to the Bowie No. 2 permit boundary include the King Mine,the Gelwick <br /> Mine,the old Blue Ribbon Mine and the Farmers'Mine. The old townsite of Bowie is located within the <br /> Bowie No. 2 permit area. There are no known historical sites that are eligible to the National Register in <br /> the areas to be disturbed under Permit Revision No. 6. Three historic sites,not associated with important <br /> persons or events in history and not eligible to the National Register,were determined by the CHS to not <br /> have much integrity due to deterioration and alteration. As requested by the Colorado Historical Society, <br /> BRL has committed to stop construction and evaluate the situation appropriately,in consultation with the <br /> Colorado Historical Society,if previously unknown cultural resources should be discovered. <br /> Geology <br /> Detailed information regarding the geology in and adjacent to the Bowie No.2 Mine permit area is <br /> provided in Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the PAP. A brief summary is provided below, and this <br /> summary is derived from the information presented within Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the PAP. <br /> The Bowie No.2 Mine permit area is located in the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison River,near the <br /> western margin of the Colorado portion of the Central Rocky Mountains. The elevation of the permit area <br /> 5 <br />