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<br />PROOF OF PVBLICATION R~C~IV~®
<br />County of La Plata. J /1']/ O~/ ~ U ~gVQ
<br />Smte o[ Colorado )f ss. nonnxoo NED [q
<br />HE RA _L D ND REC
<br />DRAWER A-Dl1RANG0, COLORADO 81301 Co%~ DoPt oINaAMa DRe oDrceslDp/
<br />I, Anita A. Yeager , do solemnly swear that I am the Le gal Notices Supervisor
<br />of the Durango Herald, and that I have personal knowledge of the essential facts rtated herein; that [he same is a daily
<br />newspaper printed in whole, and published In the County of La Plata, State of Colorado, and has a general circulation
<br />therein; that said newspaper has been published continuously and uninterruptedly in said County of [a Plata for a period
<br />of more that twelve months next prior to [he first publication of the annexed Legal notice or advertisement: [hat said news-
<br />paper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter tinder a provision of the Act of March 3. 1879.
<br />or any amendments thereof. and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and ad-
<br />vertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado .
<br />That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was published in -
<br />the regular and entire editions of said daily newspaper one time only.
<br />A. D., 19_:
<br />once each day for consecutive issue days: once each week on
<br />the same day of each week for the period
<br />consecutive insertions: and that the first publication of said notice was in the
<br />issue of said newspaper dated Sept. 5
<br />A. D., 198_, and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue
<br />of said newspaper dated Sept. 26
<br />A. D., 1984
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand thi= 2 7th
<br />day of Sept.LL A. D.. 1984
<br />Z{,C.iLJ ~. ~~/~ ~ /
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a notary public in and for the
<br />County of La Plata, State of Colorado this 27th
<br />day of -`= Se t. A. D., 1964 .
<br />L._.i
<br />,~ ~ - Notar Public
<br />My Commission expires April 2 8 19 8 6
<br />APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR
<br />ZSALARN7~CIAL0CSR7IDo
<br />BLUE FLAME COAL COMPAN V, INC
<br />P,O. Box 1x16. Durango, ColoraCO 81301,
<br />(]ml 1:)~005a has liletl, with the Coloratlo
<br />Minetl Lantl Reclamation Division, an
<br />apPhcation Sor a permit to conduct coat
<br />mining under provisions of the Coloratlo
<br />SUrlace COaI Mining RecldmatiDn Act 01
<br />1919 The legal description of the proposetl
<br />mine is as follow:
<br />Property Oescribetl as lne West ~W feet
<br />pl the Northeast puarler of the Northeast
<br />puarler INEV. NE!'U antl in antl under the
<br />Northwest puarler a me Norlneasr
<br />puarler (NWT.: NE4.1 of Section Thirry~
<br />one (31), Township Thirry~live 135) Horth
<br />Range Eleven 111 West, N.M.P M.
<br />together with the right to use the private
<br />roatl now e[i5ting over antl aero65 the
<br />Northwest puarler of the Northwest
<br />Ouarrer (Nw'A Nw°J of 6ecl~on Thvry~
<br />two IJ11 antl the North Hall of nle
<br />Northeast puarler (N'n NE'.•1 ql s¢ction
<br />Tmrrrone Ull and me SOUtnwest puarler
<br />of the Southeast Quarter (Sw V. SE':1 0l
<br />Section Thirty 130), all in Townshi0
<br />Thirty live 1]51 North, Range Eleven (I)
<br />West, N.M.P.M. to the public nighway
<br />locatetl in H aY Gulch.
<br />The surface of the proposetl permit area is
<br />owned by Lawrence Huntington antl me
<br />Ute Mountain Ule Intlian Tribe. The
<br />prODOSed date 01 commencement of lne
<br />operahgn ,s September I, 198. The
<br />0¢SCripl,on below intl~Cat¢s the town,
<br />wafer botl,es, local lantlmarks antl rouses
<br />necessary to reatlily Itlenlily the proDOSed
<br />permit area. The Proposetl post~m~nin9 use
<br />OI ine dne0etl Idn0 ~5liv¢Sto[k grdiin9~
<br />Tne mine site may De reacnetl by
<br />heatl ing s0uth Irom Hesperus on State
<br />Highway 1101aDOUt a m,les) to the iunctipn
<br />of La Plata County RPatl 110. Follow the
<br />County ROdtl West for 5.6 miles in Hav
<br />Gulch. Al Inat point. an unpavetl roatl
<br />laccess roatl) leads saulhernly IOr about
<br />1100 feet pulling one al the Blqe Flame
<br />Coal M,ne site. USGS Hesperus, Coloratlo
<br />quadrangle map contains lh¢ tlescnb¢tl
<br />area of the proposetl operation.
<br />A coPY of the aDPlication is available for
<br />public inSpeCti0n at th¢ Ld Plata CDUnIy
<br />Courthouse 1060 Intl Avenue, Durangp,
<br />Coloratlo 81301. Wr,Ilen comments. ob~
<br />l¢cuons, or requests for an inlormal
<br />cpnlerence on the application may ce
<br />SUbmiltetl to, antl dtltlitiondl information
<br />obtained from lh¢ M~n¢tl Lana Reclama~
<br />tips Division, Room 111, IJII Sherman
<br />Street, Denver, Coloratlo 8010] IJgJI
<br />ad6~J66). Written cpmmenls, obiecligns, or
<br />regpe5t6 IOr an inlormal cP0lerPgce must
<br />be liletl dt the DiviSiDn by 500 P M On
<br />Sept. 16. 1961.
<br />PublisheQ Sept. S, lA 19616, IPo1
<br />ou n.r,oo ,. cwwce roars ~-e.
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