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~ununar~ <br />Htsl,+ry ,~f the Pcrntittim~ Itcvi~w prtt«~c <br />:1 number of small underground minx. were opemtrd in the inincdiate vicinity oC the Raam <br />C'rcek Mine sae. tiom the late I500's uuo the curly 1900'x. In I t)?5, the Animas Coal Company <br />opened a small underground uperuiun called the Flclrn Mute. :1n interim coal mining prrntit <br />was issued to the Animas ('oat C'untpam, Inc. fire the Helen Minc on Febntary'S. 1979, <br />pursuant to the Colorado Mined Land Rccluntatiun Act. t)perttiuns continued under this permit <br />until August I5. 1951, when the interim prrntit expired and the company ce;+sed operaion. <br />:\nimas Coal C'~nnp:my. Inc. had submitted et new permit appGcatiun and was in the prtx;css ul <br />responding kt the Preliminary :ldaµctcy Review when the operation wus purchased by the <br />Sundancc Coal Cinnp:uty in :1pnl 1952. Sundancc C'ual Cuntpuny brc:unc the new pcrntittec on <br />the application utitialh~ wbnuttrd by :lnimas C'u:tl Cuntpuny. Inc. The nunte ul the mine was <br />rh:tngcd Isom the I Iclcn h1tnc to the :lnimas Mine. (ht August I(+, 195, prrntancnt progr;un <br />permit Nu. <~-5_-IISj wus issued w Sundancc Coal C'untpany fur the Animas Mine. <br />Atler the uryuisitinn of the property, Sundancc ('ual ('ompany uprnctl the Animus Mine un the <br />south face ut Starkville Clutch in the lower Starkville scam. The mine was later dnven upward <br />into the upper Starkville scant. Sundancc Coal Company also opened, :utJ briefly apenned, u <br />new f Icicn `line in the lower Starkville scam on the north face of Starkville Gulch. The new <br />licien Aline a:ns located west of the earlier animas Coal Contpuny. Inc. operation. (ln <br />luly 9, 1954. the bivision was notified be Sundancc Coal C'ontpany that upcreuuns at the <br />animas%Helen Mine complex were temporarily suspended. ,Active upcrauum were not resumed <br />at the none during dte remainder of the first pcnnit ternt. In accordance w ith Rule 2,l)5.5, the <br />I)ivisiun nutilird Sundancc Cual ('umpany un .\'nventher I5, 1956, by way of their agent. <br />I'unorama Resource Sen ices, that an applic;diun lire renewal of the animas Minc pcnnit wus <br />required to he tiled by Fchruary 16, 1957, ur I50 days prii,r to cxpirrtion date of the existing <br />perntil of August i 6, 1957. Sundancc Coal (:ompany subsequently tiled a complete application <br />fur renewal of dole permit un April 7, 1957. C)n :\pril i0, 1957, during the I)rvi.run's adequacy <br />review of the application, the Anunus Mine was sold by Sundanre Coal Company to Raton <br />('reek :lssooiates, Ltd.. ;r limited partnership. On the d:itc of the sale, a ieyucst fi+r transfer of the <br />permit for the animas Minc. Irum Sundancc Coal Company to Energy Faris Mining Company, <br />was submitted to the Ditision. Gnerev Fuels Mining Company had brcn authurired by Raton <br />('reek Associates, Ltd. to conduct coal mining activities un the animas pn,perty. <br />'fhe application tier renewal of the pcmtit had brcn tiled by Sundancc Cual Company. Since <br />Energy Fuels Alining C'untpany was not approved ti+r trmster of the Annnus Mine Permit al the <br />conclusion of-the review of that appbcatiun, the Div isiuti s preliminary adequacy letter was <br />addressed to Sundancc Coal Company un .lone ~. 1957. "fhe re,ponsc, however wus made by <br />Energy Purls Mining Company on July 14. 1957 acting in its cap~city:t5 upcr:uur of the prupcrty <br />fur the actual owner. Raton Creek Associates, Ltd. This pcmtit renewal (RV-1.f l )was issued un <br />August I6, I957. 'fhe trunsicr of the prrnut to Einergy Fuels Alining Company wus approved by <br />