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PUBLIC N O T I C E
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P. O. Box 483, Paonia, Colorado, 81428, has filed with the
<br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology a complete application for a technical
<br />revision for its Bowie No. 1 Mine permit No. C-81-038. The proposed revision will
<br />reduce subsidence monitoring. The wide spaced subsidence monuments will no longer
<br />be surveyed. The thirteen wide spaced subsidence monuments have been stable since
<br />November, 2001 a period of three years. November, 2001 was chosen as the baseline
<br />date because it represents the time the subsidence surveys were performed using GPS
<br />survey methods
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located in Delta county, approximately four (4) miles north of
<br />Paonia, CO. The Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout is located in Delta county approximately
<br />one mile east of Paonia, CO south of State Highway 133. The surface facilities, located
<br />north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, are located in portions of Sections 23
<br />and 24, Township 13 South Range 92 West; and Section 29, Township 13 South,
<br />Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological
<br />Survey 7.5 minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir, Colorado Quadrangle maps within the
<br />following sections.
<br />Township 13 South. Range 92 West. 6`" P.M,
<br />Sections: 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, 22, 23, 24 and 25
<br />Township 13 South. Range 91 West. 6"' P.M,
<br />Sections: 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, and 32
<br />containing 8,670 acres more or less.
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area contains 8,670 acres of land, 6752 acres of private
<br />surface and 1918 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed permit
<br />area encompass 1433 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 7237
<br />acres.
<br />A copy of the proposed revision is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public
<br />Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO, and at the offices of the Division of Minerals
<br />and Geology, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866-3567.
<br />Written comments regarding this application may be submitted to and additional
<br />information may be obtained from the Division of Minerals and Geology at the above
<br />address.
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