GENERAL30655

• Permit No: M1977284
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/16/2007
• Doc Name: Permit File Review and Report
• From: DRMS
• To: DOE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
7313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203 Permit #: M-19 77-~ ~ Confidential?: NO C O L O R w n o
Phone: [phone] Doc. Type: Mining Status o t v I s t o N o r
FAX: [phone] From: DRMS To: DOE RECLAMATION
M[NING
Doc. Name: Permit File Review and Report
Doc. Date: 5-16-2007 SAI ELTY
Specialist: ACS Bill Ritter, fr.
DATE: May 16> 2007 Governor
Harris D. Sherman
TO: James Franco, U.S. ~DJ epartment of Energy Executive Director
// Ronald W. Canany
FROM: Allen Sorenson /~~f ~ , Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Permit File Review for Selected Uranium Mines, Mining Activity Status from 2001 to Date
Per your request, I reviewed the annual reports for the following mines:
Permittee Mine Name DOE Lease Last Report County Township Ranee Section
Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. C-JD-S Mine C-JD-S 6/16/06 Montrose 46N 17W 21
Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. Bulros Mine C-SR-13 11/29/06 San Miguel 44N 18W 30
Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. Hawkeye Mine C-SR-13 2/15/07 San Miguel 44N 18W 32
Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. Ellison Mine C-SR-13 2/15/07 San Miguel 44N 18W 30
The annual reports for each of the four mines listed above for the period from the beginning of 2001 to the date of the
most recent reports indicate that no ore production has occurred.
Permittee Mine Name DOE Lease Last Renort Enclosures County Townshin Ran>?e Section
Cotter Corp. Mineral Joe Claims ??? 6/5/06 Yes Montrose 46N 17W 21
Cotter Corp. C-LP-21 Mine C-LP-21 3/21/07 Yes Montrose 47N 17W 22
Cotter Corp. JD-9 Mine C-JD-9 11/7/06 Yes Montrose 46N 17W 31
Cotter Corp. CM-25 Mine C-CM-25 3/21/07 No Montrose 47N 17W 4
Cotter Corp. C-JD-7 Mine C-JD-7 4/23/07 No Montrose 46N 17W 16
Cotter Corp. JD-6 Mine C -JD-6 7/17/06 Yes Montrose 46N 17W 22
Cotter Corp. SR-13A Mine C-SR-13A 8/28/06 No San Miguel 44N 18W 30
Cotter Corp. Ike No. 1 Mine C-SR-11 1/29/07 Yes San Miguel 43N 19W 18
Cotter Corp. SM-18 Mine C-SM-18 9/25/06 Yes Montrose 48N 17W 22
Cotter Corp. JD-7 Pit C-JD-7 &7A 12/5/06 No Montrose 46N 17W 16
Cotter Corp. C-JD-8 Mine C-JD-8 9/25/06 Yes Montrose 46N 17W 19
The annual reports for each of the 11 mines listed above for the period from the beginning of 2001 to the date of the
most recent reports were reviewed. Selected inspection reports for these mines were also reviewed. The highlights
from these reviews are:
Mineral Joe Claims: Inspection reports from 2005 (enclosed) indicated that this mine area was active, but only for use
as access to the JD-6 ore. There are no production numbers in the annual reports reviewed for this mine.
C-LP-21 Mine: The annual reports reviewed indicated that this mine has been inactive; no production numbers in the
reports. An inspection report from 2006 (enclosed) states that this mine has not operated in recent years.
JD-9 Mine: The August 2004 and August 2005 annual reports (enclosed) state that the mine is active, but there are no
production numbers in any of the reports reviewed. The 3/24/05 inspection report (enclosed) states that the mine is in
operation after a long period of inactivity. The 10/5/OS inspection report (enclosed) states that Ehe mine is in full
production. The 4/5/06 inspection report (enclosed) states that the mine had recently been in production, but that
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