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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 provide for the construction of a
<br />ventilation shaft. The shaft will be constructed on an east facing slope in the Hubbard Creek
<br />drainage south of Freeman Gulch. The proposed ventilation shaft will be located on an
<br />existing exploration drill site. Alight use road and the drill site were constructed during 1999
<br />as part of the Freeman Gulch Exploration Plan.
<br />All of the mine facilities except a pump station are located immediately north of old State
<br />Highway 133 near the town of Bowie, CO. The Fire Mountain Canal is located south of the
<br />mine facilities. The railroad and the North Fork of the Gunnison River are also located south
<br />of the mine facilities. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5
<br />minute Bowie Quadrangle map within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West. 6th PM
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<br />Sec. 10: ALL
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<br />Sec. 16: NY~NE'/,, E'/ONE'/+NW'/. (EYz of Lot 1), NE'/+SE'/+NW'/+ (NE'/. of Lot 4),
<br />N'/zSW'/.NE'/. (N'h of Lot 5), NYzSE'/<NE'/+
<br />` North of old State Highway 133
<br />The approved Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area contains 2406 acres of land. Of this total, 2058
<br />acres are private and 348 acres are Federal.
<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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