PERMFILE65348

• Permit No: C1981053
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.03.4 IDENTIFICATION OF INTEREST
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

2.03.]2 Newspaper Advertisement and Proof of Publication:
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR
COAL MINING IN COLORADO
Blue Flame Coal Company, ]001 East Second Avenue, Durango, Colorado
8130], [phone], has filed with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Division, an application for a permit to conduct coal mining under the pro-
visions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The legal
description of the proposed mine is as follows:
A vein of coal situate, lying and being in the County of La Plata and
the State of Colorado, to-wit: The upper vein of coal commencing at
an elevation of 7,382.]7 feet at the mine portal, which vein is gener-
ally located on property described as the West 400 feet of the North-
east Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE]/4 NE]/4) and in and under
the Northwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
(NE1/4 NE1/4) of Section 3l, Township 35 North, Range 11 West,
N.M.P.M., together with all tipples, bins, hoppers and other buildings
and structures used or placed on said premises for use in the mining
and removing of coal from said vein: Together with theright of
ingress and egress and over and across existing roadways fore use in
connection with the said premises above described. Together with the
right to mine and remove coal from said vein, and together with the
• right to use the private road now existing over and across the North-
west Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW]/4 NW]/4) of Section 32, and
the North Half of the Northeast Quarter (N]/2 NW1/4) of Section 31,
and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW]/4 SEl/4) of
Section 30, all in Township 35 North, Range ]] West, N.M.P.M., to the
public highway located in Hay Gulch.
The surface of the proposed permit area is owned by Lawrence -
kfuntington and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe. The proposed date of com-
mencement of the operation is July ], ]986. The description below indicates
the towns, water bodies, local landmarks and routes necessary to readily ident-
ify the proposed permit area. The proposed post-mining use of the affected
land is livestock grazing.
DESCRIPTION: The mine site may be reached by heading South from
Hesperus on State Highway ]40 (about 3.9 miles) to the junction of La
Plata County Road ]20. Follow the County Road West for 5.6 miles on
Hay Gulch. At that point, an unpaved road (access road) leads south-
erly for about ],200 feet putting one at the Blue Flame Coal mine
site.
A copy of the Application for Public Inspection at the La Plata County
Courthouse, ]060 East Second Avenue, Durango, Colorado 8730]. Written com-
ments, objections, or requests for an informal conference on the application
may be submitted to, and additional information obtained from, the Mined Land
Reclamation Division, Room 423, 1313 Sherman S treet, Denver, Colorado 80203,
[phone]. F7ritten comments, objections, or requests for an informal
conference must be filed at the Division by 5:00 P.M, on May ]5, ]986.