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<br />Public Notice
<br />Bowie Resources Limited, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted an application
<br />for a technical revision to the Division of Minerals and Geology for its Bowie No. 2 Mine,
<br />mining permit No. C-96-083. The proposed revision will amend the mine plan to allow
<br />longwall mining in Federal and private coal at the west end of the D2 Panel and at the
<br />western edge of Bowie Resources Limited's fee coal property in the D3 Panel. Approximately
<br />904,000 tons of private coal and 286,000 tons of Federal coal will be recovered as a result
<br />of the approval of this technical revision application.
<br />All of the mine facilities except a pump station and sediment pond are located north of old
<br />State Highway 133 near the town of Bowie, CO. The Fire Mountain Canal is located south
<br />of the mine facilities. The railroad and the North Fork of the Gunnison River are also located
<br />south of the mine facilities. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey
<br />7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle map within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South. Range 91 West. 6th PM
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<br />Sec. 3: S'/zNEYaSE'/a, S'/zNW'/aSE'/a, S'/zSE'/a, NW'/aNW'/aSE/a SW'/a
<br />Sec. 4: SE'/aSE'/aNW'/a, S'/zSW'/aNE'/a, SW'/aSE'/aNE'/a, E'/zNE'/aSW'/a,
<br />E'/zSE'/aSW'/a, SEYa
<br />Sec. 9: NE'/a, EYzE'/zNW'/a, E'/z E'/zSW'/a, SEYa
<br />Sec. 10: ALL
<br />Sec. 11: SW'/aNWYaNE'/a, W'/zSW'/<NE'/a, S'/zNEYaNW'/a, NW'/aNE'/aNW'/a,
<br />NW'/aNW'/a, S'/zNW'/a, SW'/a, W'/z W'/zSEYa
<br />Sec. 14: N'/zNW'/a', SW'/aNW'/a'
<br />Sec. 15: NE'/a, NW'/a, NW'/aSE'/a'"
<br />Sec. 16: N'/zNE~/a, E'/zNE~/aNW'/a (E'/z of Lot 1), NE'/aSE'/aNW'/a (NE'/a of Lot 4),
<br />N'/zSW'/aNE''/a (N'/z of Lot 5), N%zSE'/aNEYa
<br />' North of old State Highway 133
<br />"North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />The approved Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area contains 2551 acres of land, 2174 acres are
<br />private surface and 377 acres are Federal surface. Private minerals within the permit area
<br />encompass 1906 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 645 acres. A
<br />concurrent permit action (TR-016) will change the permit area so it contains 2850 acres of
<br />land, 2343 acres of private surface and 507 acres of Federal surface.
<br />A copy of the proposed revision is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library,
<br />140 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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