PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Oxbow Mining, Inc. (Oxbow), P.O. Box 535, Somerset, Colorado 81434, has filed an
<br />application for a Permit Revision to the approved mining and reclamation plans far the
<br />Somerset and Sanborn Creek Mines. The approved Colorado Division of Minerals and
<br />Geology (DMG) permit, Permit No. C-81-022, provides for underground coal mining and
<br />related surface operations and activities and reclamation of mining-related disturbance. The
<br />proposed Permit Revision expands the Permit Boundary to encompass additional areas to the
<br />north and west and includes a comprehensive update and reorganization of the Mining and
<br />Reclamation Plan document.
<br />The areas affected aze located in Gunnison and Delta Counties adjacent to the town of
<br />Somerset and west along the North Fork of the Gunnison River. This azea is covered by the
<br />U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Somerset and Bowie quadrangle maps. All existing and
<br />proposed activities will occur within the mine permit area defined as follows:
<br />Townshiv 12 South, Ranee 90 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 29, S/2 SW/4, SW/4 SE/4
<br />Sec 30, S/2 S/2
<br />Sec. 31, All
<br />Sec. 32, W/2 E/2
<br />• Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 34, Lots 15, 16
<br />Sec. 35, Lots 7, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22
<br />Sec. 36, All
<br />Township 13 South, Range 89 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 6, Lots 17, 21, 22
<br />Sec. 7, Lots 1, 2 and 3 North of the Centerline of the River
<br />Township 13 South, Rance 90 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 1, Lots 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, il, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
<br />18, 19, 20
<br />Sec. 2, Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
<br />Sec. 3, Lots 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 2SW/4
<br />Sec. 4, Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, S/2SE/4, S/2SW/4
<br />Sec. 5, Lots 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, S/2SE/4,
<br />S/2SW/4, NW/4SW/4
<br />Sec. 6, All
<br />Sec. 7, All
<br />Sec. 8, All North of the Centerline of the River & Town of Somerset
<br />Sec. 9, All North of the Centerline of the River
<br />Sec. 10, All North of the Centerline of the River
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