EXHIBIT A
<br />(Attached to and made a part of Warranty Deed
<br />dated December 28, 1979 between Maneotis Sheep
<br />Company, as party of the first part, and Peabody
<br />Coal Company, as party of the second part)
<br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />Section 8: WISE :, SWiSW:
<br />Section 17; NE ~, NW~NW3, S;NWy, IiW SSE ~, NE'~SW ~,
<br />EXCEPT that part of the NEB and NWiSE~
<br />of Section 17, Township 5 P]orth, Range
<br />87 Wesc of the 6th P.PI, lying easterly
<br />of the following described line:
<br />Beginning at a point on the North line of
<br />said NE ~, whence the PIE corner of said
<br />Section 17 bears N 89°51' E, 489.2 feet;
<br />~~ thence S 28°26' W, 4508.8 feet to the
<br />'. ~ SW corner of said NW'ySE~
<br />" ~ .' - FREE AND CLEAR of all liens, taxes, encumbrances, leases
<br />and claims of third parties, EXCEPT the lien of general
<br />" - - - - ~ taxes for 1979 and EXCEPT the lien of the Federal Land Bank
<br />' '. ~ ~ Mortgage recorded in Book 480 at Page 680, Routt County
<br />records;
<br />TOGETHER WITH all of party of [he first part's right, title
<br />and interest in and to all water and water rights, ditches
<br />and ditch rights, and reservoir rights, including wells and
<br />well rights, used in connection with the aforesaid real
<br />property;
<br />_ TOGETHER WITH all of party of the first part's right, title
<br />. - and interest in and to all appurtenant easements, including
<br />without limitation the easement across the existing access
<br />road in the NINE; and NW ;NWT of Section 9 and the SAS; of
<br />Section 4 (Gerald E. Martin property)
<br />RESERVING unto party of the first part all of party of the
<br />first part's right, title and interest in and to all oil,
<br />gas and oil shale in, upon and under said land, together
<br />with the right to utilize so much of the surface of said
<br />land as is reasonably necessary for the extraction of such
<br />oil, gas and oil shale, subject to the obligation to pay
<br />surface damages, and further subject to the restriction that
<br />any such extraction shall be subordinate to and shall in no
<br />way interfere with the exploration for, and the mining,
<br />processing and shipping of coal upon or underneath the
<br />surface of said land or any activities related thereto.
<br />TOGETHER WITH all of party of the first part's right, title
<br />and interest in and to all other minerals (excepting and
<br />reserving as aforesaid all oil, gas and oil shale) of any
<br />kind and character, including but not limited to geothermal
<br />resources, fluorspar, clay, bauxite, alunite, limestone,
<br />uranium, coal, sand and gravel in and under the aforesaid
<br />land.
<br />EXCEPT AND SUBJECT TO Mineral Reservations and Coal and Oil
<br />and Gas leases of record on or before November 9, 1979.
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