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PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Rocky Mountain Bank and Trust, P.O. Box 579, Florence, Colorado, <br />81226, telephone (719) 784-6376, has Sled a Phase III bond release <br />application with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for the La <br />Plata No. 1 Mine (CDMG permit # C-87-072). The bond release <br />application is available for inspection at the Colorado Division of Minerals <br />and Geology, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver Colorado 80203 <br />and the La Plata County Clerks Office, 1060 Second Ave., Durango, CO <br />81301. The mining and reclamation permit was issued November 20, <br />1987. The former mine site is located within portions of Sections 28 and <br />29, T35N, Rl l W, New Mexico Prime Meridian, La Plata County, <br />Colorado. The identified surface owners of property within the permit <br />boundary are the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Mr. James Crall, Western States <br />Crop Insurance Inc., Ms. Karen Hunzeker, Mr. Willis Resley, and Eleanor <br />and Willard Frazier. The U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute quadrangle titled "Hesperus" <br />contains the permit area of the mine. "The permit area can be reached by <br />driving four miles south of Hesperus, Colorado on Colorado Highway 140 <br />to La Plata County Road 120. Travel west on La Plata CR 120 <br />approximately three miles to the former mine site. Bond release is sought <br />for approximately 7 acres of the former bench and mining area backfilled, <br />graded, and topsoiled between April and October 1990. Revegetation <br />occurred in 1991. The bond release seeks acknowledgment of the <br />successfixl reclamation on the site and final release of the bond money and <br />liability for the reclamation. Rocky Mountain Bank and Trust is requesting <br />a release of $10, 276.00 of the existing $10,276.00 letter of credit <br />reclamation bond. Anyone wishing to submit written comments, objections, <br />or request a public hearing or informal conference must submit such <br />request or comments to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver Colorado 80203 within thirty <br />(30) days of the last publication of this notice. <br />