0 2.03.12 Newspaper Advertisement and Proof of Publication
<br />The following is the form of the newspaper advertisement was used for routine
<br />technical revisions.
<br />Public Notice
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a complete application
<br />for a technical revision to the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety for its approved Bowie No. 2
<br />Mine, mining permit no. C-1996-083. The proposed revision will provide for the installation of a
<br />ventilation fan over the Hubbard Creek shaft. The ventilation fan is 10 feet in diameter and has
<br />extensive duct work. A small motor control center building will also be constructed on site. Electric
<br />power for the fan will come from the underground system.
<br />Most of the mine facilities are located north of Bowie Road near the town of Bowie, CO. A pump station,
<br />three sediment ponds, a coal mine waste disposal area and unit train loadout are located south of
<br />Bowie Road. The Fire Mountain Canal is located south of the mine facilities and north of the unit train
<br />loadout. The North Fork of the Gunnison River is located south of the mine permit boundary. The
<br />proposed mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle map
<br />within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 2: SW'/4NW'/4, SWIA
<br />Sec. 3: ALL
<br />Sec. 4: ALL
<br />Sec. 5: S1/2SE1/4, SEA/4SW'/4, S'/2N E'/4N E'/4SE'/a, SE'/4N W'/4N E'/ S E'/4,
<br /> E%2SW'/ N E'/ SE'/4, SE'/ N E'/ S E'/
<br />Sec. 8: NE1/4
<br />Sec. 9: NEIA, NW'/4, SE'/4, NEI/2SW'/4, SE'/4SW'/4, NE'/4SW'/4SW'/4
<br />Sec. 10: ALL
<br />Sec. 11: SWIA, NW'/4
<br />Sec. 14: NW1/4 except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way
<br />Sec. 15: NE'/4, NW1/4, NW'/4SE'/4'`, Portions of the N'/2SE'/4, SW'/4SE'/4, S'/2SW'/4,
<br /> excluding all privately held lands not owned or controlled by Bowie Resources
<br /> Limited or the Union Pacific Railroad.
<br />Sec. 16: N'hNE'/4
<br />Sec. 22: Portion of NW'/4NW'/4, on lands owned by the Union Pacific Railroad
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 27: SW/%, S%2SE%4, S%2NE'/SE'/, S%2NW'/SE'/
<br />Sec. 28: E%2 SE'/
<br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SE'/4NW'/4, S'/2NE'/4, NE'/NE%
<br />Sec. 34: ALL
<br />Sec. 35: SW/4 Lot 18, NW/4 Lot 19
<br />* North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit contains 5,865 acres of land, 2,612 acres of private surface and 3,253
<br />acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed permit area encompass 1,957 acres
<br />with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 3,908 acres.
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