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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 />Phony. (303) 8663567 <br />FAx: (303) 832-8106 <br />December 15, 2005 <br />Mr. William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 <br />RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-96-083, Bowie Resources LLC <br />2004 Annual Report, Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MIN sRALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />EAFETY•ECIENCE <br />eal Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Direcror <br />Ronald W. Camany <br />Division Director <br />Nazural Resource Trustee <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) has finished its review of the Bowie Resources <br />LLC (BRL) submittal of the 2004 Annual Report and has the following comments and questions. <br />2004 Annual Hvdrology Report (AHR) <br />The Division agrees with BRL's conclusion that the hydrology data in the 2004 AHR show that the surface <br />water and groundwater systems have not been adversely impaired by mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine. For some monitoring locations, there appeared to be considerable seasonal variation in 2004 for <br />several of the chemical constituents sampled. However, operational surface and ground water analyses <br />showed no adverse trends. Although precipitation at the mine site has increased over the past two years, <br />there are still quite a few monitoring sites that continue to be dry due to the effects of the prior persistent <br />dry weather. The Division has several questions concerning the 2004 AHR. <br />On permit text page 2.05-77, it is stated that the upper and lower Fire Mountain Canal hydrology <br />sites will be monitored three times a year, in May, July and September. Also, full suite analyses <br />from List I will be conducted during the first and third monitoring events, which would be the <br />second quarter (May) and the third quarter (September). However, in Table 1 on page Tl-3 of the <br />AHR, it is stated that monitoring for List I constituents at both Fire Mountain Canal sites will be <br />conducted in the second and fourth quarters. Please revise these two entries in Table 1 of future <br />AHRs to read second and third quarters. Also, the Division notes that the actual sampling of the <br />Fire Mountain Canal for the List 1 parameters was done on August 27, 2004, not in September. <br />2. There are several ground water monitoring sites where full suite analyses were run but required <br />field parameters were not measured. The data in Figures 148, 149 and 151 show that several field <br />parameters were not measured on September 26, 2004 for the Terror Creek ground water <br />monitoring sites TC-03-O1 East (R), TC-03-O1 Upper (B) and TC-03-03, although there was <br />enough water to run full suite analyses. A similar situation exists with drill holes DH-67B, DH- <br />67D (Reb), DH-67abv and DH-67b1w, as shown in Figures 144, 145, 146 and 147. Please ensure <br />that quarterly field parameters are taken when required. <br />3. In Figure 170 for alluvial well AW-16, there are three field comments that state that the alluvial <br />water was "soapy". Please explain what is meant by "soapy'. Also, since this alluvial well is <br />directly down gradient of gob pile no. 2, please discuss what this field finding may mean for water <br />quality coming from the gob pile. <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />