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,: - ' BE~-R COAL CO.,~vc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br />Phone 303-929-5775 Somerset. Coloratlo a ~~.,~ 999 <br />July 3, 1985 <br />~~.~-G1 ~r Gay <br />.!gal 31~ <br />Mr. Randy Price MINED LAND <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division r~ECLAMATION DIVI~i~•~ <br />423 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Permit Revision to the Bear Coal Company <br />Permit No. C-033-81 <br />Dear Randy: <br />Bear Coal Company, Inc. is a Colorado Corporation currently conducting <br />underground coal mining operations in an area directly east of <br />Somerset in Gunnison County, Colorado. The Bear Coal Company <br />operations consist of a small room and pillar mining operation in the <br />Bear No. 3 Mine. A permit revision is being submitted to effect <br />compliance under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act and <br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />Accompanying this letter is a permit revision to increase the mining <br />area in the Bear No. 3 Mine. The new area to be mined is currently <br />owned by Atlantic Richfield Company ("ARCO"). Under the terms of an <br />agreement with ARCO, in June of 1985, Bear Coal Company acquired the <br />right to mine coal on Federal Coal Lease No. C-0117192. The net <br />effect of this request is to allow the mining of coal on Federal Lease <br />No. C-0117192 which is directly adjacent to the Bear No. 3 Mine on <br />Federal Lease No. D-052501. <br />With the addition of coal on Lease No. 0117192 to Bear Coal's reserve <br />base, it would only seem logical to move mining operations to the west <br />onto the new Federal Lease rather than continue south on the current <br />Federal Lease No. 0052501. By mining directly west from the active <br />mine workings into the new mining area, productivity will be increased <br />and costs will be reduced. By this permit revision, Bear Coal will <br />still mine the C Coal Seam. The Bear Coal Company will submit plans <br />to mine the B Coal Seam at a later date, as indicated in the Bear Coal <br />Mine Permit. The estimated total production, manpower, equipment, and <br />mining methods will all remain the same. An additional 264 acres will <br />