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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />MIN SRALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />REC LANATION•NI NING <br />SAFETY•SCIEN CE <br /> Bill Owens <br /> Governor <br />DATE: May 24, 2004 <br /> Russell George <br /> Executive Director <br /> Ronald W. Canany <br />TO• Memo To File Division Director <br /> Natural Resource Trustee <br />FROM: Joe Dudash <br />RE: Bear No. 3 Mine, Permit No. C-81-033, Bear Coal Company <br /> Underground Mine Fire <br />I had sent a memo, dated May 12, 2004, to Steve Renner, asking for guidance on what the Beaz Coal <br />Company (BCC) could do to prove that the mine fire is in the Edwards/ Clark Mine and not in the Bear <br />No. 3 Mine. <br />Steve said that BCC could do one or two things. One, they could obtain an atmosphere sample of the <br />gases that aze venting at the surface and get an analysis of the signature hydrocazbons. There may be <br />chemical differences between the B coal seam and the C coal seam that might show up when they are <br />burned. Steve said there is a company in Grand Junction and one in Steamboat or Craig that could <br />analyze the gases. Steve did not know of a company that could obtain the gas samples. Also, getting <br />good samples of the coal from the B-seam and C-seam might be a problem, unless coal samples from <br />the outcrop would be okay. Steve said that the gas analyses are not expensive, maybe $100 per sample. <br />Second, Steve suggested that BCC could drill into the mine workings to find where the fire is coming <br />from and/or to obtain gas samples for analysis. Steve did not know of a company that would do this <br />type of operation. Steve said this would be very expensive to do. <br />Steve said he would continue to think about this problem. <br />c:/word/beaz3/mine fire memo3 <br />Office of OHice of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />