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• OXBOW MINING INC. Somerset CO <br />Elk Creek Mine D -Seam Exploration Project <br />Abstract <br />The paleontological survey of Oxbow Mining Inc. Company's proposed Elk Creek Mine <br />D-Seam exploration project drill site locations with associated access roads was <br />conducted by paleontological Investigations (PI) personnel on June 5`n -7`n 2001. The <br />project is located on both sides of Bear Creek approximately one mile west of the town <br />of Somerset, Gunnison County, Colorado (Figure 1). A total of 330 acres were <br />surveyed for paleontological resources on a combination of private lands and public <br />lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Uncompahgre Field <br />Office in Montrose, Colorado and the National Forest Service lands administered by the <br />Paonia Ranger district, Paonia, Colorado. <br />No significant paleontological resources were found in the project area and <br />paleontological clearance is recommended. <br />Introduction <br />The paleontological survey of Oxbow Mining Inc. Company's proposed Elk Creek Mine <br />D-Seam exploration project drill site locations with associated access roads was <br />conducted by Paleontological Investigations (PI) personnel. On Tuesday, Wednesday, <br />and Thursday June 5`n, 6`", & 7`n, Fred Olsen conducted a onsite investigation and <br />pedestrian survey for paleontological resources of the access roads and 16 proposed <br />drill sites on both the east and west sides of Bear Craek. <br />These sites are north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River located in Townships 12 <br />and 13 South in Range 90 West and Townships 12 and 13 South in Range 91 West, <br />on the USGS Bowie and Somerset 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle maps. <br />Drill site locations were Laken from an April 30`n, 2001 topographic map with scale of <br />I" equals 500 feet provided by Oxbow Mining. A copy of this map (Figure 2) is <br />provided with this report in a pocket in the back cover. <br />Project Area <br />Map References: Oxbow Mining Inc. D-Seam Exploration Map. (April 30`n, 2001) <br />U.S.G.S. Somerset, CO (1964; PR-1978) <br />U.S.G.S. Bowie; CO (1965; PR-1978) <br />Total Project Area: 36 acres, area surveyed 330 acres <br />D-Seam Exploration: <br />. 16 drill pads for exploration core drilling and associated access roads. <br />1 <br />