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<br />Delta County
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<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />Iss.
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA
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<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am managing
<br />editor of the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly
<br />newspaper 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-
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice
<br />or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the
<br />United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and 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; that the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />tisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every
<br />number of said weekly newspaper for the period of one con-
<br />secutive insertion; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated October 8th, A.D., 2009, and
<br />that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated October 28th, A.D., 2009.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />28th day of October, A.D., 2009.
<br />General manager 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 28th day of October A.D.,
<br />2009.
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<br />Notary Public
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, Box 483,
<br />Paonia, Colorado, 81428, has filed
<br />with the Division of -Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety a complete
<br />application for a technical revision
<br />for #s.$owie No. 1 Mine perrgjf `No.
<br />C-1961-038. The proposed revision
<br />will allow the cessation of quarterly
<br />inspections' of the., weM ridge; coal
<br />thine was[e disposal'
<br />isppos t site, ; Division of
<br />f?eclaniaiiorrr'(atnih? and.Sra?t?ruTes
<br />state that inspec$)T15 tr p torrrtinate
<br />when the coal rriine.waste bank has
<br />been graded, covered, topsoil has
<br />been distributed on the waste bank
<br />and revegetated. During 2008 the
<br />open areas of the west ridge coal
<br />rriine waste disposal site werg
<br />graded covered, I I 'a'w topsoil
<br />and seeded "?f 4eget a a'
<br />on the 2008 reclaimed area's' i`
<br />to good. The'uegetative cot)eron the
<br />previously reclaimed'ard9s-is,good
<br />.to, excellent. Therefo%, quart 1.
<br />inspections of. the west ridge ai
<br />(?pj Y gte ba't?k?OW.t t9rrnij6tq(ji4
<br />`be a t«ounty, app3x? miry (o?u?f
<br />(4) miles north of Paonia, CO. The
<br />Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout is located
<br />in Delta County approximately one
<br />mile east of Paonia, CO south of
<br />State Highway 133. The surface
<br />facilities, located north of the North
<br />Fork of the Gunnison River, are
<br />located in portions of Sections 23
<br />and 24, Township 13 South Range
<br />92 West; and, Section 29„Township
<br />13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th
<br />P.M. The mine permit area is located
<br />on the. UPS. Geological Survey 7,5
<br />minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir,
<br />Colorado Quadrangle maps within
<br />the following sections.
<br />Township 13 $Sgyth. Range 92
<br />West. 6th RK
<br />Sections: 1, 2, 3,. 10, 11, 12, 13,
<br />14, 15, 22, 23, 24 an_d 25
<br />Township 13 South.-
<br />outh. Range .91
<br />West. 6th P.M.
<br />Sections: 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19,
<br />99,30 ' 31, and 32
<br />containing 8,670 acres more,or
<br />less. " .
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area
<br />contains 8,670 acres of land, 6,752
<br />acres of private surface and 1,9a8
<br />acres of Federal surface. Private
<br />minerals within the proposed penhit
<br />area encompass 1,433 acres with
<br />Federal minerals accounting for the
<br />balance of 7,237 acres.
<br />posad rews{on s
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<br />duals e tQr tn§ option at e
<br />Paonialou?lic dStr&R,---
<br />Paonia, CO, and at the Denver and
<br />Durango offices of the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and ' Safety
<br />[Room 215, 1313 Sherman St.,
<br />Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866-3567;
<br />ang 691 CR 233, )Suite A-2, CO 81301. (976?47- i1, 1Nritterr
<br />comments regarding this a'pplicatiork'
<br />may bff submitted to and additional
<br />infolre0tioA. may be obtained $o1n
<br />the &j%ver glfi,Ce of Divr6ion..,oj
<br />-PecldlvaUdn, 'fdining and Safety;.
<br />Pk 6ne inquirias Should be directed td
<br />11y??Uratic?0'Otli,?e. Written EOmmentS
<br />rile t i% Peceived'by, the Oivis!`M
<br />be
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2009
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane, Delta, CO 81416
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