GENERAL55641

• Permit No: M1978342
• 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
1313 Sherman S[., Room 215
Denver, Colorado sozo3 Permit #: M-1978- Z Confidential?: NO C O L O RA D O
Phone: (303) afi6-3567 Doc. Type: Mining Status DIVISION o r
FAX: [phone] From: DRMS To: DOE RECLAMATION
MINING
Doc. Name: Permit File Review and Report
Doc. Date: 5-16-2007 SA FETY
Specialist: ACS
DATE: May 16, 2007 Governor Ir
Harris D. Sherman
TO: James Franco, U.S. nDepartment of Energy Executive DlreCtor
// ~ , RortaW W. Cattany
FROM: Allen Sorenson (,j~(/ 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 Range Section
Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. C-JD-S Mine C-JD-S 6/16/06 Montrose 46N 17W 21
Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. Burros 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 ote production has occurred.
Permittee Mine Name DOE Lease Last Report Enclosures County Townshin Range Section
Cotter Corp. Mineral Jce Claims ??? 6/5/06 Yes Montrose 46N 17W 21
Cotter Cote. 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 Cotp. CM-25 Mine C-CM-25 3/21/07 No Montrose 47N 17W 4
Cotter Cotp. C-JD-7 Mine C-JD-7 4/23/07 No Montrose 46N 17W 16
Cotter Cotp. JD-6 Mine C -JD-6 7/17/06 Yes Montrose 46N 17W 22
Cotter Cotp. SR-13A Mine C-SR-13A 8/28/06 No San Miguel 44N 18W 30
Cotter Cotp. Ilse No. 1 Mine C-SR-11 1/29/07 Yes San Migue] 43N 19W 18
Cotter Colp. SM-18 Mine C-SM-18 9/25/06 Yes Montrose 48N 17W 22
Cotter Corp. JD-7 Pit C-JD-7 &7A l2/S/06 No Montrose 46N l7W 16
Cotter Colp. 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 Jce Claims: Inspection reports from 2005 (enclosed) indicated that this mine azea 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 no[ 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 the 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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