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Peak Project Management, LLC <br />34115 County Road 20.8 Trinidad, CO 81082 <br />Telephone: (719) 846.4975 Fax: (719) 846.4930 Cell: (719) 859-0111 <br />ronthompson@wildbiue.net <br />January 30, 2009 <br />6? :00 <br />9 <br />WAS <br />Mr. Kent Gorham <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety v°v???r9 a <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: New Elk Mine Permit C-81-012 <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />Enclosed is an application for a technical revision to the New Elk Mine for an <br />incidental permit boundary change. This revision is requested to facilitate the safe <br />re-entry and exploration of the sealed mine workings at the New Elk mine. <br />Specifically, the re-opening of the Apache Canyon airshafts will allow the proper <br />ventilation of the New Elk underground mine openings. The new permit <br />boundary is shown on Map 3 Mine Plan <br />Both shafts were originally located within the New Elk Mine permit boundary and <br />were approved as part of the New Elk mine permit. They were transferred from <br />the New Elk permit to the Golden Eagle permit in 1998 and the Golden Eagle <br />permittee assumed the bonding and final reclamation liability. This action was <br />followed by a Phase III release for New Elk that reduced the permit acreage to 900 <br />acres and excluded the shaft areas from the permit. Later a Phase III bond release <br />was granted to the Golden Eagle for the two airshafts. As part of this process, <br />Exhibit 25 of the New Elk permit detailing the airshaft construction was <br />transferred to the Golden Eagle permit. <br />This application updates a discussion of activities occurring at New Elk as the re- <br />entry process continues (pages 2.05-2 to 7) and restores Exhibit 25 to the New Elk <br />permit. Exhibit 25 details the construction of the South Apache shaft. The <br />northern most airshaft was a pre-law structure and little information concerning <br />this shaft is available. Exhibit 25 was previously submitted to the Division as part <br />of Permit Renewal 5 and later withdrawn. Please contact me if new copies are <br />needed.