GENERAL43971

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/19/1964
• Doc Name: COLO COAL MINING LEASE 257 BK 13-8
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

and subject Cu ,aid existing easements and rights of way and the rights of said
- surface lessees and patentees, the right to produce electrical power from coal
for mining and other commercial purposes, and to erect and operate power lines,
to produce synthetic products and by-products from coal, aryl to erect and operate
all necessary plants and other structures required therefor, on the leased premises;
the right to use the water thereon, subject to the applicab,i laws of the State of
Colorado, and to construct buildings, plants or other structures, to make exca-
vations, shafts and tunnels, openings, stockpiles, dumps, ditches, drains, roads,
railroads, side tracks, power lines and other improvements as may be necessary
in the mining and removal of said coal, and the operation of said plants for the
production of chemicals and synthetic fuels and the development of dower; to use
so much of the timber thereon as.'mav be necessary and useful rn .ne carryine on
of minine operations on said lands; provided that the above mentioned riehta. or
so much thereof as are necessary and useful for the carrying on of mining opera-
tions, shall be exercised in connection with the mining of coal from other or adja-
centlands only when mining on such other or adjacent lands is carried on in con-
junction with the actual mining of coal on the lands herein leased.
Reserving, however, to the State of Colorado:
a. All rights and privileges of every kinb and nature, except such as
are herein specifically granted.
b. The right to use or leas e• said premises or any ?art thereof at any
time for any purpose, including, subject to Paragraph i2 r.ereof, t}~e right to ex-
plore and prospect said premises for purposes other than [h.- .oca[ing of coal
deposits, which use and leasing of Said premises shall be for 2uri~~s.:: other than
and not inconsistent or interfering with the rights and privileges herein specifically
granted.
c. .he right at all times during the life of this lease ::~ go upon said
premises and every part thereof, for the purpose of inspecting same, and the books
of account and records of mineral workings therein, and of ascertaining whether or
not said lessee and those holding thereunder, by and from it, are carrying out the
terms and eoverants and agreements in this lease co.:cained.
d. The right reasonably to readjust and fix i•~yalties including minimum
royalties payable hereunder, and other terms and conditions at the end of the
twent•, (20) year period from the date hereof and thereafter at the end of each
succeeding twenty (20) year period during the continuance of tl.is iease. Unless
the lessee files objections to the proposed terms, or a notice of relinquishment of
the lease as provided in Paragraph 11 hereof within thirty(30) days after receipt
of the notice of proposed terms for a twenty (2.0) year period, he will be deemed
to have agreed to such terms. Notice of proposed terms for a twenty (20) year
period must be given to lessee as provided in Paragraph 8 hereof within the six (6)
month period, but not less than thirty (30) days, immediately preceding the co~~.-
mencement of such twenty (20) year period if such readjustment ie contemplated
by lessor.
It is expressly understood by the parties that the State of Colorado has ;;.:re-
tofore issued patents and has issued surface leases for grazing and agricultural pur-
poses, and has heretofore granted easements and rights of way, to individuals
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