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<br />Introduction: <br />In compliance with Rule 2.04.13, Bowie Resources Limited (BRL), Permit No. C-81-038, <br />submits the following Reclamation Report for the calender year 1999. <br />1999 Reclamation Activities: <br />No reclamation activities were undertaken at the Bowie No. 1 Mine during the 1999 <br />calender year. The mine is currently idle due to economic reasons. Reclamation options <br />are under consideration. <br />Reclamation History: <br />An extensive reclamation project was initiated in the fall of 1977 to address the Bowie No. <br />1 Mine, (formally Orchard Valley) upper mine azea, middle area, mine roads and the new <br />county road alignment near the existing coal stockpile. The reader is referred to the <br />following documents for a complete discussion of the details of this project: <br />Final Report, Reclamation, Colorado Westmoreland, Inc., Orchard Valley Mine, <br />Paonia, Colorado, January 1978, by Thorne Ecological Institute. <br />I-Tistory of Revegetation, Orchard Valley Mine, 1977-1982, April 1993, prepazed <br />for CWI, Orchard Valley Mine, Paonia, Colorado, by Harner and Associates. <br />Revegetation of cut and fill slopes was accomplished in 1978 on previously seeded but <br />sparsely vegetated and eroded slopes. This erosion stemmed from excessive water runoff <br />as the resuh of the lack of effective water diversion system. <br />In 1979, a diversion channel and four sedimentation ponds were constructed to divert <br />water away from the main mine facilities. Access roads to the sedimentation ponds and <br />pazking lot were also constructed. The revegetation program of 1979 addressed disturbed <br />areas associated with these facilities and encompassed approximately 12 acres of <br />reclamation. <br />The 1981 revegetation program encompassed minor disturbances wnsisting of <br />miscellaneous roadways, Steven Gulch well field structures, and the scale house and truck <br />scales near the truck dump station. <br />Page -2- <br />