GENERAL43141

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• Doc Name: NOTICE OF COAL LEASE RE-OFFERING BY SEALED BID COC
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y DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Lentl Menegemenl
(CO-933-Bfi-1320-01. COC 596081
Nonce of Cwt Lease Ra~OHering By sealetl Bitl; COC
Sa608
AGENCY: Bureau of Lentl Management. Interior.
ACTON: Notice of wmpefifwa wet lease sale.
SUMMARY: Bureau of Lentl Menegemenl, Coloretlq
$~ere OHiw, lekerrootl, Coloretlo, hereby gives notice
IXgt mrtaln coal remurces in the lantls herelnaflei tlo-
icribetl In Routh County, Cobratlo, will ba reoHeretl for
iomlaellLVe lease by sealetl bid b ewtlrtlanm wkh the
provlsiona of Iha Mineral Leasing AG of 1920, es
ementlea (30 U.S.C. tBt al seq.). On Aupual t8. 1905.
those resources were ro-oMeretl for mmpelitive lease Dy
aseletl bI01o the highest gvalAietl Oitltler provltletl that the
high Ditl met the fair market value of Iha coal rasourms es
tlelerminetl Dy the eu0+orixetl oHiwr a8er Iha sale. Cyprus
Waetem Coel Company was the only bitltlar. The bitl tlitl
not meal the lair melkel value aslebllshetl for mia Incl.
Tibralora, the bb was ra~eGeQ the IreG ro-oHeretl entl e
fhlrtl sale arJletluletl for November 1B, 1995. The sale was
not haltl tlue to the lutlough qt Fetlarel govemmenl em-
ployaes but was raschetluletl rot December 22. The sale
wee not heb tlue Io the secontl lutlvugh of Fetlaral gov~
emment employees but was resme0uletl for December
22. The eels wu not heltl tlue la the semntl lurlough of
Fetlerel gOVemmenl emplgyees. The coal sale is ra
uhetluletl for Jenuery 25, 1996.
DATES: The lease agile will be heltl el 11 e m , Thun-
tley January 25, 19%. sealetl bitls must be submkfetl no
Ialer Than toe m., Thurstlay, January 25, 1898.
ADDRESSES: The lease sale mil De haltl in Iha Corn
lerenm Rmm, Fouts Fbor, Coloretlo Stale Office. 2850
Youngaeb Sfreel, Lakewooq Coloretlo. sealetl bitls muss
De wbmilletl to the Cashier, First Flmr. Coloretlo Stele
OHkw. 2850 Vovngflel0 Slreal. Lekawm0, Coloretlo
ea21s.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen
Purvis al (303)23&3]95.
BDPPLEMENTARy INFORMATION: The IreG will De
leesetl fo the quelilieC bitltler submitting the hipheG offer,
provi0etl met the high Did meets the lair market value tle-
Ierminatlon of the coal resqurw. The minimum Dltl tar this
IreG is 5100 per acre or frepion thereol No bitl less Than
' 5100 per'acre or fraction mereol will De mnsitleretl. The
i min'unum bitl is not inlentletl to represent fair market
1 value,
sealetl bitls recarvetl abet the time specdietl aDwe unit
not be consitleretl.
' In the event itlanbcal high sealetl bitls em ramive0, Ih0
tying high bitltlers will bB repuesleC to subma folbw-up
bitls anal a high Dip is received. All Iio-Dreeking sealetl
DIGS mats be submitteC w+Ihin 15 minutes lollavnng the
.Sale OBlciel's ennounwmanl et the aab that Itlanlital hph
bitls have been rewlvatl
Feu meM1el value will De tletermine0 by Ina euthorixetl
o8ber e8er the seta
COAL OFFERED. The coal resourw to be o6eretl ~s
( limlletl to coal remvaraDle Dy ungergountl mining meth-
atls In the Weoge seam w Ne Twentymile Tract in Ina Ivl-
Ipwinp lantls:
Sixth Prinnpel Meritlien
T.SN., R. B6W..
sec. 21, N12, entl SE1/4:
sec. 22, E12E12. entl W12:
Sec. 23. ell;
sec. 28, N12, entl N12SW t/4:
'sac. 2], Wt2:
sea 20, NEI/a. and Et2NWt/d:
• sec. 33. NE1/dNEt/t,
The lantl tleacribetl cwlains 2,600 acres. more or less.
The recoverable reserves have bean atllustetl tlown Io
' 23.8] millbn tons 10 ewount for coal purchesatl Dy Cyprus
' Wesrem Caal Campeny far two mineral RAMa. The
I Watlpe seem untlergrountl minable met u renketl as high
voNlile C bilum~nous coal. The aehmalatl wet qualay for
Iha Wedge seem on an es~recaivetl basis Is a lf]45 BI~Wb.
Btu
Moisture l.78%
Sulfur Canlent 0'~x'
Ash Content 8.80%
RENTAL AND ROYALTY: The lease isauetl es a result
of mia ofleang will prowtle for payment of an annual able
of 53.00 par acre or IreGlon tneraol entl a royeky pay
1 to the Unites Stales of B percent of Ne value of coal
minetl by untlergrountl methotls. The value o11he coal will
De tlefennlnetl In eccortlance wile 30 CFR 208.
NOTICE OF AyAIIABILITY. Bltltlinp inslruclim for me
o8ere0 IreG ere Inclutletl in Ina Oelailetl Statement of
' COBI Leese 591e. Copies of Iha statement entl Ina prb
pose0 coal lease ere available upon request m person or
Dy mail 4om the Colorado Slate OHbe et Iha atltlreas
grven eDwe The case file is evaileDla for inspeGion in the
Public Rtlom, Coloretlo Stela OHim, Curing normal busi-
ness houn el Ne etltlless grven above.
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lsMeren A Pums
Karen A. Purvis