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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a request for
<br />transfer of a coal permit and succession of operator to the Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety for the Bowie No. 1 Mine, mining permit C-1991-038. Bowie
<br />Resources LLC is the current permittee and has agreed to transfer the permit to the
<br />new owners of Bowie Resources LLC. The request for transfer includes a revision of
<br />the identification of interests section of the permit.
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located in Delta County, approximately four (4) miles north of
<br />Paonia, CO. The Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout is located in Delta County approximately
<br />one mile east of Paonia, CO south of State Highway 133. The surface facilities, located
<br />north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, are located in portions of Sections 23
<br />and 24, Township 13 South Range 92 West; and Section 29, Township 13 South,
<br />Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological
<br />Survey 7.5 minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir, Colorado Quadrangle maps within the
<br />following sections.
<br />Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6t' P.M.
<br />Sections: 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24 and 25
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6"' P.M.
<br />Sections: 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, and 32
<br />containing 8,670 acres more or less.
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area contains 8,670 acres of land, 6,752 acres of private
<br />surface and 1,918 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed
<br />permit area encompass 1,433 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance
<br />of 7,237 acres.
<br />A copy of the revised identification of interests section of the permit and the transfer
<br />request are available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand
<br />Avenue, Paonia, CO, and the Denver and Durango offices of the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety [Room 215, 1313 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567; and 691 CR 233, Suite A-2, Durango, CO 81301, (970) 247-1184].
<br />Written comments regarding this application may be submitted to and additional
<br />information may be obtained from the Denver office of Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />and Safety. Phone inquiries should be directed to the Durango office. Any person
<br />whose interests are or may be adversely affected, including but not limited to, the head
<br />of any local, State, or Federal government agency, may submit written comments on
<br />the application for approval to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, within 15
<br />day of this newspaper notice.
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