PROOF OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF LAS ANIMAS } SS
<br />Kathleen Lenzotti, of lawful age, being first duly
<br />sworn upon oath, deposes and says that she is
<br />the authorized agent of The Chronicle-News,
<br />daily newspaper of general circulation which is
<br />published and circulated in the City of
<br />Trinidad, I,as Animas County, Colorado, that
<br />said newspaper is a newspaper of general
<br />circulation complying with all of the requirements
<br />of Articles I to VII, Chapter 130, 1935, _ __ _
<br />Colorado Statutes Annotated, and all other
<br />been so published for the period of time
<br />prescribed in said newspaper proper and not a
<br />supplement, the st publication of which was
<br />made on the '~ h day of
<br />~-~. (~ , 2006, and
<br />published thereaft~n
<br />and final publication thereof was in the issue.
<br />dated the day of
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<br />My commissi piros`an Febmary 21, 2007.
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Picketwke Processing, LLC., 4422 Bryon
<br />Station Road, Lezfngton, KY 40516, the oper-
<br />.---~-at¢rd•Naw Elk Mine', .Permd.pumfre[.C$1..,_ _ _
<br />812, is filing for a technical revision to the,
<br />Naw EIk Permit wdh me State of Colorado,
<br />et-013. Permit renewal was approved by the
<br />Division on July 12, 2084.
<br />The New Eik Mine is located ap-Prozimatery
<br />7 miles west of Weston, Colorado on State
<br />Hwy. 12, wihin Sections 13, 14, 2i, 24, 26.
<br />26, 27 and 28, TS33S, R68W. Thesq sec-
<br />flonscan be located on the USGS 7.5 Mnute
<br />Vigil and Weston quadrangle maps. A total of
<br />147 acres of surface tlisturbance from mining
<br />related activity is coverall by a Corparate
<br />Surely Bond in me amoum of $2.114,649.
<br />The Division of Minerals and 4eology has
<br />recalculated the bond requirement for'the
<br />New Elk Mine and has proposed a new bond
<br />amount of $3,152,233.08. The operator has
<br />proposed me retention of several mina roads
<br />for post mining land use. This may reduce the
<br />reclamation bond requirement
<br />The techniral revision is on file for publlo
<br />inspection at the Las Animas Ccunty
<br />Courthouse, Office of County Recorder and
<br />wah the DNision M Minerals and Geology
<br />Any written comments, objections or
<br />requests for a public hearing or informal con-
<br />. ference regarding this bond release appfica~
<br />lion must be submitted to me Division of
<br />Minerals and Geology, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 within
<br />f0 Uays of the date of the.p;b~lcafion of this
<br />nbtice.
<br />Published: February 8, 2808 .
<br />Subscr~'bed and sworn to before me this
<br />g h day of ~ a, ,
<br />A.D., 2006.
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