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- , ~~ , ; .. <br />•v 4 ~ ti.u AB`E~R C OA L CO. , i~i~. <br />,~ :. r. <br />~PhoM 303~929~5775 Somerset. ~.ola~lvdg81,434 <br />-piJi` ~: <br />r ~. <br />June 13, 1985 <br />.. ~ ~ :.,g,i ... r' <br />`' v <br />qty' ~~sJ.. •~yi•.;.. <br />•w <br />. M575usan Mowry .. ,. .. .MF~ • ,~ ., ~~ . <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division q~~~,~,. N <br />" 423 Centennial Building ,+ ,-.~+~K?!;r , <br />,.1313 5fierman Street ~~ :~~ ":"s; _, <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 ~ ••y`.~Lf+i'"~'~`~-+. -' <br />Re:~"'Technical Revision to the Bear Coal Company ~4 <br />Permit No. C-033-81 <br />Dear Ms. Mowry: <br />• ,:~:. - <br />" Bear Coa1.,Comp,any,,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 technical 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 technical revision to ~,anrrease the <br />mining area,in. the "Bear No. 3 Mine. The new area ~o b~-.;mined is <br />currently owned by. Atlantic Richfield. Under the~r'te+'tliys'~o-~ an <br />;agreement with,Atl.artic Richfield Company, in June of 1985; Bear Coal <br />Company" acquired .the: right to mine coal on Federal .Cpal^!.'Lease No.~ <br />C-0117192;:..The:~n~t-effect of this request is to a11ow;,t'J;m.ining~df+ <br />coa'Y on Federal Lease No. C-0117192 which is directly ;ad,~$eertt~•to the <br />Bear No. 3 Mine on Federal Lease No. D-052501... ~'"~ "~~i'`i ? ~~ <br />41i,th~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 />onta:the new.Federal Lease` rather than continue sou'th'on'~the.current <br />,,, ,Federal`~tease No. D052501. `s'y-mining directly west from 'the active. <br />,'.,.~~mine~workings:into the new mining area; productivity will be.incr`eased <br />.`.and dosts will be reduced. By this technical revision, Bear.Cbal ~ii11 <br />.sti;ll mine the C Coal Seam. The Bear Coal Company will subm~,:1;'plans <br />~;`~;,to mine the:B Coal Seam at a later date, as indicated in the Bear Goal <br />". M.}na Permit. The estimated total production, manpower, equi~irl'~nt;`end <br />mining methods will all remain the same. An additional 264 acres will <br />