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J. E. STOVER 8~ ASSOCIATES <br />2768 COMPASS DRIVE, SUITE 101 <br />GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81506 <br />PHONE: (970) 245101, FAX 242-7908 <br />MINE ENGINEERING <br />MINE RECLAMATION <br />iii iiuiiiiuiiiiii <br />CML ENGINEERING <br />CONST. MANAGEMENT <br />September 3, 1999 <br />J. J. Dudash <br />Division of Minerals 8 Geology <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Bowie No. 1 Mine <br />Technical Revision Application <br />Permit C-81-038 <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 7 iogg <br />DIV. OF MINERALS <br />8 GEOLOGY <br />Dear Mr. Dudash: <br />Enclosed is an application for a technical revision to incorporate revised air permits, <br />new State Highway Access Permits and a water depletion estimate into the permit. <br />Mining ceased at the Bowie No. 1 Mine on December 4, 1997. No production is <br />scheduled from the mine during 1999. There is one reserve block at the Bowie No. 1 <br />Mine that may still be recovered. This reserve block is referred to as the east pod and <br />is located between the portals of the Bowie No. 1 Mine and Bowie No. 2 Mine. Bowie <br />Resources Limited intends to access this block of coal from its Bowie No. 2 Mine. This <br />access depends on obtaining the Iron Point Federal coal lease. Until Bowie Resources <br />Limited obtains the Iron Point Federal coal lease it will continue to maintain the Bowie <br />No. 1 Mine in an idle but ready to mine status. Approved Air Emission Permits limit <br />production from the Bowie No. 1 Mine to 1.0 million tons per year. <br />Coal produced from the Bowie No. 2 Mine is trucked to the Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout. <br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout will be permitted to handle up to 5.0 million tons per year <br />of coal produced from the Bowie No. 1 and No. 2 Mines and/or other mines in the area. <br />Approved air permits limit throughput at the Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout to 5.0 million <br />tons per year. <br />Two changes are required so the loadout can handle 5.0 million tons per year. One is <br />to increase the speed of the silo feed belt which will involve the installation of a new <br />larger motor and gear reducer. The second is to increase the capacity of the belt <br />feeders under the truck dump. Other than the changes described above, no facilities <br />will be revised at the loadout as a result of this technical revision. No new structures or <br />modification of existing structures will be necessary. There will not be any increase in <br />the size of the footprint of any approved coal stockpiles including the highway coal <br />stockpile. <br />