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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />RAG Empire Corporation (REC), P.O.
<br />Box 68, Craig, Colorado 81626-0068,
<br />telephone number (970) 824-8246, has
<br />filed with the Division of Minerals antl
<br />Geology an application fora succes-
<br />sion of operators for Permit No.
<br />C-044-81, to BTU Empire Corporation,
<br />29515 RCR 27, Oak Creek, Colorado
<br />80467, telephone number (970)
<br />879-3800.
<br />The mine area is located approximatey
<br />6-7 miles south of Craig, Colorado.
<br />The mine office can be reached by tak-
<br />ing State Highway 13 to the Colorado
<br />Mine Road exit, wkh the office located
<br />west of the highway and Williams Fork
<br />River. The permit area is described as
<br />follows:
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<br />A parcel of land located in portions of
<br />T6N, R91W; T6N, R92W; TSN,R92W;
<br />and TSN,R91W of the Colorado 6th
<br />Prime Meddian. More specifically as
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<br />i ir~ a corners pf Sections
<br />16, 17, 20 and 28 in T6N, R91 W,
<br />thence due East 500 feet, thence S00
<br />33' Wesb 17,300 fee[, first course 501
<br />10' East 3,900 feet, thence due East
<br />1,500 feet, thence SO6 40' East 6,200
<br />feet, thence due West 1,900 feet,
<br />thence 502 51' West 2,800, thence due
<br />West 5,280-feet, [hence N03 14' East
<br />2,800 feet, thence N88 12' Wes[ 1,350
<br />feet, thence N03 14' East 1,400 feet,
<br />thence N87 30' West 2,200 feet,
<br />thence S03 20' East 1,050 feet, thence
<br />N88 12' West 2,700 feet, thence N00
<br />36' East 6,400 feet, thence N40 West
<br />150 feet, thence N00 36' East 1,500
<br />feet, thence due West 625 feet, thence
<br />500 36' West 1,800 feet, thence due
<br />..__.~_~35g fcsty thence S29 20' West
<br />7,~feet, thence due ~s1`1S0"f~aL'""`-'--- - -=-_---_-----.__
<br />thence S00 36' West 1,150 feet, thence
<br />due West 3,250 feet, thence N00 36'
<br />East 1,100 feet, thence N51 42' West
<br />1,000 feet, thence N20 20' West 3,950
<br />feet, thence S88 35' East 2,900 feet,
<br />thence S01 1 T West 1,200 feet, thence
<br />S88 35' East 600 feet, thence N01 17'
<br />East 2,300 feet, thence S88 35' East
<br />4,800 feet, thence N01 17' East 1,250
<br />feet, [hence S88 35' East 1,800 toet,
<br />thence N01 17' East 6,700 feet, thence
<br />S88 35' West 1,800 feet, thence N01
<br />17' East 1,400 feet, thence S88 35'
<br />East 1,800 feet, thence N01 1T East
<br />. _ , Teet, thence N01 1T Eas[ 2,300 feet,
<br />thence S88 35' East 4,800 feet, thence
<br />~' - 1,650 feet following the north bank up-
<br />'rr"'''~ stream of the Yampa River, thence N07
<br />32' East 350 feet, thence S88 35 East
<br />2,500 feet, thence 1,750 feet following
<br />the south bank upstream of the Yampa
<br />River to a point described as 2,700 feet
<br />S01 10' East of the corners of Sections
<br />8, 9, 16 and 17 in T6N R91 W, thence
<br />S01 10'E 2,500 feet, to the point of be-
<br />ginning, containing 6,840 acres, more
<br />or less.
<br />The legal tlescdption was scaled from
<br />1" = 1,000' scale maps, antl has not
<br />been field surveyed.
<br />This area is located on the USGS
<br />Rountl Bottom and Caslor Gulch, Col-
<br />orado quatlrangles. A copy of the ap-
<br />plication is available for public inspec-
<br />tion at the Moffat County Courthouse,
<br />221 W. Victory Way, Craig, Colorado.
<br />Written comments, objections or re-
<br />quests for informal conference on the
<br />application may be submitted to, and
<br />additional information obtainetl from,
<br />the Division of Minerals antl Geology,
<br />Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Den-
<br />ver, Colorado 80203-2273; telephone
<br />number (303) 866-3567, within 15 days
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