REV90826

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/8/1986
• Doc Name: PERMIT EMPIRE ENERGY CORP EAGLE MINE 5&9 & BOND SURETY PN C-81-044-81
• From: MLRD
• To: DIANA KNODE
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Public Notice
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Empire Energy Corporation, P. 0. Box 68, Craig, Colorado 81626; telephone
number [phone], has filed with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
Division an application for a permit revision to permit CO-044-81. The
proposed permit revision is for approval of a boundary change, change in
mining methods, and construction of an overland conveyor for the Eagle No.
5 Mine. The boundary change is located within the following legal
description: E} NE}, E} SE3, Sec. 5; and W} NW}, W} SW}, portions of the
E} NW}, and the E} SW} Sec. 4; portions of SW} SW} Sec. 33; TSN, R91W of
the 6th P.M., Moffat County, Colorado.
Both the mining method change area, excluding the boundary change area and
the overland conveyor are located within the existing permit boundary.
The surface of the boundary change area is owned by Trapper Mining Inc.
while the mineral is owned by Utah International Inc.
The Eagle No. 5 Mine is part of the Eagle Mine Complex which is an
underground mining operation that has been in existence since 1971. The
description below indicates the town, water bodies, location landmarks,
and routes necessary to readily identify the proposed permit revision
area. The post-mining land use of the affected area will be for
rangeland.
The Reund Bottom and Castor Gulch quadrangles contain the proposed permit
revision area. A copy of the permit revision is available for public
inspection at the Moffat County Courthouse in Craig, Colorado.
~dritten comments, objections, or requests for an informal conference on
the application may be submitted to, and additional information obtained
from the Mined Land Reclamation Division, Room 423, 1313 Sherman Street,
Denver, Colorado 80203; telephone number [phone]. Written comments,
objections, or requests for an informal conference must be filed with the
Division by 5:00 p.m. on
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The Eagle No. 5 Mine is located approximately seven miles southwest of
Craig, Colorado at an elevation of 6,130 feet. The boundary change area
is located at the southeastern edge of the existing permit boundary in
Section 5, TSN, P,91W. The mine can be reached by taking State Highway 13
southwest to the Coal Mine Road exit. The Eagle No. 5 portal area is west
of State Highway 13, while the eastern half of the mine lies to the east
of the Williams Fork River and State Highway 13. Pcrtions of the boundary
change area will underlie +_he western area of the Trapper Mine. The mine
offices are located on the west side of State Highway 13, and the
administrative office is located in Craig.