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<br />Delta County
<br />-~--r ~ndep-endent
<br />401 :Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA ss.
<br />I, }2anda1 Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher
<br />of the Deita County Independent; that the same is a weekly news-
<br />paper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
<br />said County of Delta for a period of more than fifty-two consecu-
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<br />or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the
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<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, a.nd all amendments thereof, and that
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish-
<br />ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws
<br />of the State of Colorado; than the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />tisement was published in the regular and entire issue four con-
<br />secutive insertions; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated February 20th, A.D., 2008,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated March 12th, A.D., 2008.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />12th day of March, A.D., 2008..
<br />I General manager
<br />of said
<br />Delta County Independent.
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary
<br />Public in and for the County of Delta,
<br />State of Colorado, this 12th day of March, A.D.,
<br />2008.
<br />. Notary Public
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2009
<br />900 Cypress Wood bane, Delta, CO 81416
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE i
<br />-Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box
<br />-483, Paonia, CO, 81426, has
<br />submitted a complete application
<br />for a permit revision to the Division
<br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
<br />for its approved Bowie No. 2 Mine,'
<br />mining permit No. C-1996-083. The
<br />;proposed revision will amend the B-
<br />Seam mine plan. The approved mine
<br />.plan has longwall panels oriented in
<br />an east west direction. The new mine .
<br />,plan rotates the panels 90 degrees,
<br />to a north south direction. The mine
<br />plan change is necessary because of
<br />'difficult mining conditions experienced
<br />while developing the 1 East Mains.
<br />The northern extension of the mine
<br />plan will move into a proposed
<br />Federal coal lease modification area.
<br />Panels are projected under Dove
<br />Gulch and Dove Cave, The extent of
<br />subsidence from the proposed panels
<br />comes within about one quarter mile
<br />of the Bruce Park Dam and about 750
<br />feet of Terror Creek Reservoir. The
<br />mine plan does not project mining
<br />under Terror' Creek to,the west or"~
<br />_ ,Hubbard Creek to the east. ~ ,
<br />The mine facilities are located north
<br />.of Bowie Road near the town of
<br />-Bowie, CO. A pump station, three
<br />sediment ponds, unit train loadout
<br />'and future coal mine waste disposal
<br />site are located south of Bowie Road..
<br />The •Fire Mountain Canal is located
<br />south of the mine facilities and north
<br />~pf the unit
<br />train Idadout. The North Fork of the
<br />Gunnison River is located south
<br />of the mine permit boundary. The
<br />proposed mine permit area is located
<br />on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5
<br />Minute Bowie Quadrangle map within
<br />the following sections.
<br />Yownshio 13 South Ranae 91 West,
<br />tf~h PM
<br />Sec. 2: SW1/4NW1/4, SWt/4
<br />Sec. 3: ALL
<br />Sec. 4: ALL
<br />• Sec. 5: S1/2SE1/4, SEt/4SW1/4,
<br />• St/2NE1/4NE1/4SE1/4,
<br />SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4,
<br />Et/2SW1/4NE1/4SE1/4,
<br />' SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4, Lots
<br />' s, 12
<br />Sec. 8: NE1/4
<br />Sec. 9: NE1/4, NW1/4, SEt/4,
<br />NEt/2SW1/4, SEt/4 ,
<br />SWt/4, NEt/4
<br />swuaswva
<br />Sec. 10: ALL
<br />Sec. 11: SWt/4, NWt/4
<br />Sec. 14: NW1/4except that
<br />portion south of the Union
<br />Pacific Railroad right of
<br />way
<br />-"' -~ Sec. 15: NE1/4, NW1/4,
<br />NW1/4SE1/4', Portions
<br />of the N1/2SE1/4,
<br />SWt/4SE1/4, St/2SW1/4,
<br />excluding all privately
<br />held lands not owned.or
<br />cohtrolled by Bowie
<br />Resources Limited, LLC
<br />or the Union Pacific '
<br />Railroad.
<br />Sec. 16: N1/2NE1/4
<br />Sec. 22: Portion of NWt/4NW1/4,
<br />' on lands owned by the
<br />Union Pacific Railroad
<br />Yownshio 12 South Range 91 West.
<br />6th PM
<br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,
<br />11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SE1/4
<br />NW1/4, S1/2NE1/4
<br />Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 16, St/2
<br />NEt/4, S1/2NW1/4,
<br />Sec. 35: SW/4 Lot 18, NW/4
<br />Lot 19
<br />' North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />The permit revision will add the
<br />(allowing iiescribed lands to the
<br />permit boundary.
<br />Yownshio 12 South Range 91 West.
<br />6th P.M. _ _ _ -
<br />Section 27: SWt/4, S1/2SE1/4,
<br />S1/2NE1/4SE1/4,
<br />' St/2NW1/4SE114_~__
<br />~.__
<br />' Section 28: E1/2 SE1~
<br />- Section 33: NE1/4NE1/4
<br />Section 34: N1/2 N1/2
<br />Containing 560acres more or less
<br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit
<br />?contains 5305 acres of land, 2,612
<br />'acres of private surface and 2,693
<br />'acres of Federal surface. Private
<br />minerals within the 'proposed
<br />;iiermit area encompass 1957 acres
<br />with Federal minerals accounting
<br />jor the balance of 3348 acres. The
<br />permit revision will add 560 acres
<br />of land- to the permit area. All
<br />»f.the 560 acres are on Pederai,
<br />surface and coal.
<br />'•A copy of the proposed revision is
<br />available for public inspe140 Grand
<br />Paonia Public Library,
<br />venue, Paonia, CO, and' at the
<br />pffices of the Division of Reclamation,
<br />;Mining and Safety,. 1313 Sherman
<br />St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203,
<br />{303) 866.3567. Written comments,
<br />objections or a 'request for an infor-
<br />mal conference on the proposed
<br />~iermib [evision may be ~ptnitted ~o
<br />and additional iRfonnarion obtained
<br />from the Division of Reclamation,
<br />(Aining and Safety, 1313 Sherman
<br />;St., Room 215, Denver, CO 60203,
<br />,phone '(303) X66-3567. Written
<br />Comments must be received by the ,
<br />Division of Reclamation,• Mining and
<br />'Safety within 10 days after the final
<br />'date of this publication in order to be
<br />~bonsidered.
<br />' Published in the D Ot 27CMarch
<br />Independent February
<br />' `J and 12, 2008. _,
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