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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Bear Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box 1754, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a complete
<br />application for the renewal of a valid, existing permit to conduct coal mining reclamation
<br />activities in Colorado to the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety, for its mining permit
<br />No. C-1981-033.
<br />The Bear No. 3 Mine is located immediately south and east of the town of Somerset, CO.
<br />The North Fork of the Gunnison River is located north of the Mine. The mine permit area is
<br />located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Somerset Quadrangle map within the
<br />following sections.
<br />Townshia 13 South, Range 90 West. 6th P.M.
<br />Section 8: S'/zSE'/a South of the River
<br />Section 16: W'/zNW'/a, NW'/aNE'/,NW'/a, S'/zNEYsNW'/a, SE'/aNW'/a, NW'/aSWYa,
<br />W~/zNE'/aSW'/a, WYzSW'/aSW'/a
<br />Section 17: SW~/a, SE'/a, SW~/aNWYa, SE'/aNW~/a, SW'/aNE'/a, SEYaNE'/a, NEB/aNE'/a,
<br />S'/zNW'/aNW'/a, S'/zNE'/aNW'/a South of the River, SW'/aNW'/aNE'/a South
<br />of the River, SEYaNW'/aNE'/a, N'/zNW'/aNE~/a South of the River, and the
<br />tract of land described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of
<br />Lot 1, Block 3, as shown in that certain map and dedication recorded in
<br />the Office of the County Recorder, Gunnison County, on June 27, 1960,
<br />Reception No. 244850, and running hence N 66 36' 56" E 50.00' to the
<br />true point of beginning; thence N 74 21' 13" E 127.99 ; thence N 69 42'
<br />31" E 351.72'; thence N 24 38'11" E 60.00'; thence S 70 59' 40" W
<br />183.73'; thence S 60 49' 08" W 126.09 ; to the true point of beginning;
<br />containing 0.407 acres, more or less.
<br />Section 18: SE'/aSE'/a, NE'/aSE'/a, SE'/aNE'/a
<br />Section 20: N'/zNE'/a, N'/zSE'/aNE'/a, N~/zNW'/aNW'/a, N'/zNE'/aNW'/a, SE'/aNE'/aNW'/a
<br />Section 21: W'/zNW'/aNW'/a, NW'/aSW'/aNW'/a
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<br />The approved Bear No. 3 Mine permit area contains 1108.4 acres of land, 1079.6 acres of
<br />private surface and 28.8 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed
<br />permit area encompass 104.4 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of
<br />1004 acres. The surface of the permit area is owned by Bear Coal Company, Oxbow
<br />Carbon and Minerals, Arch Coal Company, Clarence L. Wemer Revocable Trust, and the
<br />U. S. Government which owns approximately 28.8 acres of the permitted land in Section
<br />21.
<br />A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library,140
<br />Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO, and at the offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining &
<br />Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866-3567. Written
<br />comments, objections, or a request for an informal conference regarding this application
<br />may be submitted to the Division at the above address and must be received by the
<br />Division within 30 days after the last date of this publication in order to be considered.
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