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Front: Jim Stover To: Joe Dudash Dale: 4/24101 Time: 3:00:48 PM Page 2 of 2
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<br />Public Notice
<br />Bowie Resources Limited, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a complete
<br />application for a technical revision to the Division of Minerals and Geology for its approved Bowie
<br />No. 2 Mine, mining permit No. C-96-083. The proposed revision provides for the installation of
<br />fifteen gob vent boreholes and the associated construction of light use roads and drill sites. This
<br />revision also incorporates new, upgraded and refurbished light use roads and drill sites into the
<br />permit that were disturbed under approved exploration drilling permits. The fifteen gob vent
<br />borehole drill sites and associated light use roads are located on surtace owned by Bowie
<br />Resources Limited and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Right of entry on the BLM
<br />managed land is authorized by Federal Coal Lease COC-61209. The light use road construction
<br />will disturb approximately 11.7 acres. The fifteen drill sites will disturb approximately 3.6 acres
<br />for a total disturbance of 15.3 acres. Of this amount, 2.8 acres were previously disturbed under
<br />approved exploration drilling permits. These light use roads and drill sites are encompassed by
<br />the permit boundary and will be utilized to access gob vent boreholes and hydrologic monitoring
<br />stations.
<br />All of the mine facilities except a pump station and sediment pond are located north of old State
<br />Highway 133 near the town of Bowie, CO. The Flre Mountain Canal is located south of the mine
<br />facilities. The railroad and the North Fork of the Gunnison River are also located south of the
<br />mine facilities. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie
<br />Quadrangle map within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South. Range 91 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 2: SW'/.NW'/<, SW'/<
<br />Sec. 3: ALL
<br />Sec. 4: NE'h, E'~NWY., E'/zSW'/,, SEY.
<br />Sec. 9: NE'/., E'r4NW'/., SE'/4, NE'/. SW'/.
<br />Sec. 10: ALL
<br />Sec. 11: SW'/., NW'h
<br />Sec. 14: N'r4NW'/.`, SW'/.NW'/.'
<br />Sec. 15: ~ NE'/., NW'/<, NW'/.SE'/."
<br />Sec. 16: N'/NE'/<
<br />Township 12 South Range 91 West. 6th PM
<br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SE%.NW'/., S'r4NE'/.
<br />Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 16, S'/ONE'/4, S'/zNW'/4,
<br />'` North of old State Highway 133
<br />" North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />The approved Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area contains 4525 acres of land, 2402 acres of private
<br />surtace and 2123 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed permit area
<br />encompass 1887 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 2638 acres.
<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 from
<br />the Division of Minerals and Geology at the above address.
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