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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Bear Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box 1754, Paonia, CO, 81428, has filed with the Colorado
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology, a complete application for a technical revision for its
<br />Bear No. 3 Mine, mining permit C-81-033. The proposed revision addresses issued raised
<br />by the Division during the permit renewal process and amends the water monitoring and
<br />subsidence monitoring requirements in the permit.
<br />The Bear No. 3 Mine is located immediately south and east of the town of Somerset, CO.
<br />The North Fork of the Gunnison River is located north of the Mine. The mine permit area
<br />is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Somerset Quadrangle map within the
<br />following sections.
<br />Township 13 South. Range 90 West, 6th P.M.
<br />Section 8: S'/zSE'/a South of the River
<br />Section 16: W'/zNW'/a, NW'/aNE'/aNW'/a, S'/zNE'/aNWYa, SE'/aNWYa, NW'/aSW'/a,
<br />W'/zNE'/aSW'/a, W'/zSW'/aSW'/a
<br />Section 17: SW'/a, SE'/a, SW'/aNW'/a, SE'/aNW'/a, SW'/aNE'/a, SEYaNE'/a, NE'/aNE'/a,
<br />S'/zNW'/aNW'/a, S'/zNE'/aNW'/a South of the River, SW'/aNW'/aNE'/a
<br />South of the River, SE'/aNW'/eNE'/a, N'/zNW'/aNE'/a South of the River,
<br />and the tract of land described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest
<br />corner of Lot 1, Block 3, as shown in that certain map and dedication
<br />recorded in the Office of the County Recorder, Gunnison County, on
<br />June 27, 1960, Reception No. 244850, and running hence N 66 36' 56"
<br />E 50.00' to the true point of beginning; thence N 74 21' 13" E 127.99';
<br />thence N 69 42' 31" E 351.72'; thence N 24 38'11" E 60.00'; thence S
<br />70 59' 40" W 183.73'; thence S 60 49' 08" W 126.09 ; to the true point
<br />of beginning; containing 0.407 acres, more or less.
<br />Section 18: SE'/aSE'/a, NE'/aSE'/a, SE'/aNE'/a
<br />Section 20: N'/zNEYa, N'/zSEYaNEYa, N'/zNW'/aNW'/a, N'/zNE'/aNW'/a, SE'/aNE'/aNW'/a
<br />Section 21: W'/zNW'/aNW'/a, NW'/aSW'/aNW'/a
<br />The approved Bear No. 3 Mine permit area contains 1108.4 acres of land, 1079.6 acres
<br />of private surface and 28.8 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed
<br />permit area encompass 104.4 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of
<br />1004 acres. The surface of the permit area is owned by Bear Coal Company, Oxbow
<br />Carbon and Minerals, Arch Coal Company, Clarence L. Werner Revocable Trust, and the
<br />U. S. Government which owns approximately 28.8 acres of the permitted land in Section
<br />21.
<br />A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 140
<br />Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO, and at the offices of the Division of Minerals and Geology,
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866-3567. Written comments
<br />regarding this application may be submitted to and additional information may be obtained
<br />from the Division of Minerals and Geology at the above address.
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