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<br /> <br />Introduction <br />In compliance with Rule 2.04.13, Bowie Resources Limited (BRL), Permit No. C-81-038, <br />submits the following Annual Reclamation Report for the 1997 calendar year. <br />1997 Reclamation Activities <br />No reclamation activities were undertaken at the Bowie No. 1 Mine during the 1997 calendar <br />year. The mine is currently idle due to economic considerations. Reclamation options aze under <br />current consideration. <br />Reclamation History <br />An extensive reclamation project was initiated in the fall of 1977 to address the Bowie No. 1 <br />Mme, (formally Orchard Valley) upper mine area, middle area, mine roads and the new county <br />road alignment neaz the existing coal stockpile. The reader is referred to the following documents <br />for a complete discussion of the details of this project: <br />1. Final Report, Reclamation, Colorado Westmoreland, Inc., Orchard Valley Mine, <br />Paonia, Colorado, January 1978, by Thome Ecological Institute. <br />2. history of Revegetation, Orchazd Valley Mine, 1977-1982, April 1993, Prepazed <br />for CWI, Orchard Valley Mine, Paonia, Colorado, by Hamer and Associates. <br />Revegetation of cut and fill slopes was accomplished in 1978 on previously seeded but spazsely <br />vegetated and eroded slopes. This erosion stewed from excessive water runoff as the resuh of the <br />lack of an effective water diversion system. <br />In 1979, a diversion channel and four sedimentation ponds were constructed to divert water away <br />from the main mine facilities. Access roads to the sedimentation ponds and pazking lot were also <br />constructed. The revegetation program of 1979 addressed disturbed aeeas associated with these <br />facilities and encompassed approximately 12 acres of reclamation. <br />Reclamation activities in 1980 focused on revegetating lands disturbed through minor <br />construction activities conducted in 1979. The areas addressed in 1980 included the Orchard <br />Valley Mine water pipeline, exploration drill pads, and miscellaneous roadways. The majority of <br />the acreage reclaimed in 1980, approximately 3.5 acres, was associated with reclamation of the <br />water pipeline. <br />The 1981 revegetation program encompassed minor disturbances consisting of miscellaneous <br />roadways, Steven's Gulch well field structures, and the scale house and truck scales near the truck <br />dump station. <br />Construction of the West Ridge Waste Disposal Area was initiated m July, 1983. Lands available <br />for reclamation at this site have been seeded and ffirlched on an approximate annual basis since <br />development began. The west ridge disposal site encompasses approximately 3.37 acres. <br />Approximately 2.02 acres of this site are currently reclaimed. Reclamation of the old waste <br />disposal site near ponds I and 2 was completed in November of 1983. Vegetation was <br />established on this 0.86 acre site the following spring. Development of the west ridge disposal <br />-1- <br />