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From: For 3ubka To: Harry F,a nnay Date 3/3/59 Time 4:OR 32 AM • Paga 2 of 3 <br />• <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Western Fuels-Colorado, (WFC), Permit No. C-81-008, renewal 03 approved May 26, 1998, <br />has filed with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) an application for Phase <br />I Bond liability release with respect to one parcel of land containing 43.4 acres MOL in New <br />Horizon 2 Mining Area (NH2). The legal description of this parcel of land is as follows: <br />A tract of land in Montrose County, Colorado, beginning at a point which is the SE corner of <br />Section 6, T46N, R15W, bearing N49° 15' 05"W, a distance of 3836.09', and <br />Thence ..... 658.18' on a bearing of N85°47' 40"W <br />Thence ..... 376.35' on a bearing of N18°00' 20"W <br />Thence ..... 336.80' on a bearing of N59" 29' S2"E <br />Thence .....1013.67' on a bearing of N06°46' 27"E <br />Thence ..... 747.88' on a bearing of N09°35' 09"E <br />Thence ..... 417.95' on a bearing of N45° 14' S3"E <br />Thence ..... 337.37' on a bearing of N88° 53' 36" E <br />Thence .....1910.83' Due South <br />Thence ..... 376.46' on a bearing of S16° 55' 45"E <br />Thence ..... 147.33' on a bearing of S44° 33' 43"E <br />Thence ..... 230.12' on a bearing of S09° 37' 09"W back to the beginning for an <br />area of 43.4 acres MOL. <br />This Phase 1 Bond release applies only to the backfilling and grading of 43.4 acres of land that <br />has been satisfactorily reclaimed to the approximate original contour in accordance with <br />specfications approved in the permit and depicted in the post-mining contour map. Work on this <br />section of land was accomplished between November 1997 and December 1998. New Horizon <br />Mine is near the Town of Nucla and is in the E'r4 of Section 6, T46N, R15W. <br />The 7.5 minute USGS Nucla Quadrangle map shows the above described area. Surface <br />ownership of the parcel is held by San Miguel Power Association. <br />At present CDMG holds a $1,622,471 bond from WFC in corporate surety bonds for the post- <br />mining reclamation of New Horizon Mine. A portion of this bond, $47,219, is requested to be <br />released if CDMG approves WFC's application for the Phase I Bond release of the described <br />land. <br />C:\data\wpda[a\bond\rel ease_'.dx <br />