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<br />Delta County
<br />,independent .
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION. °
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA Iss.
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am managing
<br />editor of the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly
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<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
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<br />secutive insertion; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated December 30th, A.D., 2009,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated December 30th, A.D., 2009.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />30th day of December, 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 30th day of December
<br />A.D., 2009.
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<br />Wood Lane, Delta, CO 81416
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE - North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit contains '
<br />,483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has 5,865 acres of land
<br />2
<br />612 acres of
<br />submitted a complete application for ,
<br />,
<br />private surface and 3,253 acres of
<br />a technical revision to the Division of Federal surface. Private minerals
<br />Reclamation, Mining & Safety for its within the proposed permit area
<br />approved Bowie No. 2 Mine, mining encompass 1,957 acres with Federal
<br />permit no. C-1 996-083. The proposed minerals accounting for the balance
<br />revision will provide for the installation of 3,908 acres.
<br />of a ventilation shaft located west of A copy of the proposed revision is
<br />Terror Creek. The proposed 18.5 foot available for public inspection at the
<br />finished diameter ventilation shaft is Paonia Public Library, 2 Third Street
<br />
<br />Igcated,in the SW/4SE/4 of Section 5, ,
<br />Paonia, CO, and at the offices of
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West. the Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />The proposed shaft will be excavated & Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room
<br />using a raise bore. Cuttings for the 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866-
<br />shaftexcavation will drop.intothe mine 3567. Written comments regarding
<br />workings and permanently stored this application may be submitted
<br />underground. Prior to raise boring, to and additional information may
<br />the perimeter of. the shaft will be be obtained from the Division of
<br />grouted to minimize water infiltration. Reclamation Mining & Safety at the
<br />Grouting will be extensive in the collar above address. Written comments
<br />area and in any water bearing zones. must be received by the Division
<br />The shaft will be lined with shotcrete. of Reclamation, Mining & Safety
<br />The raise boring operation will require within 10 days after the date of this
<br />a temporary diesel powered electrical publication in order to be considered.
<br />generator along with necessary, fuel The proposed :shaft_.,Donstruction
<br />tanks. Access to the shaft site will be site is -lessthan 100 feet measured
<br />from Steven's gulch road then south horizontally of the outside right-of-way
<br />on Terror Creek Road. The shaft will line Of Terror Creek Road. The area
<br />be equipped with an escape hoist is about 1.3 miles south of where-the,
<br />and nitrogen generator housed in a USDA-FS boundary crosses Terror
<br />Quonset hut. There are no plans at Creek Road. A public hearing for the
<br />this time to install a ventilation fan. Purpose of determining whether the
<br />Most of the mine facilities are located interests of the public and affected
<br />north of Bowie Road near the town landowners will be protected may be
<br />of Bowie, CO. A pump station, three requested by contacting the Division
<br />sediment ponds, a coal mine waste in writing within 30 days after this
<br />disposal area and unit train loadout publication. Any such hearing will be
<br />are located south of Bowie Road. The held in the locality of the proposed
<br />Fire Mountain Canal is located south mining operation.
<br />of the mine facilities and north of the Published in the Delta County .
<br />unit train loadout. The North Fork of Independent December 30, 2009.
<br />the Gunnison River is located south
<br />of the mine permit boundary. The
<br />proposed mine permit area is located
<br />on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5
<br />minute Bowie Quadrangle map within
<br />the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South Range 91 West
<br />6th PM
<br />Sec. 2: SW/4NW/4, SW/4
<br />Sec. 3: ALL
<br />Sec. 41 ALL
<br />Sec. 5: S/2SE/4, SEASW/4,
<br />S/2NE/4NE14SE/4,
<br />SE/4NW/4NE/4SE14,
<br />E/2SW/4NE/4SE/4,
<br />SE/4NE14SE/4
<br />Sec. 8: NE/4
<br />Sec. 9: NE/4, NW/4, SE/4,
<br />NE/2SW/4, SE14SW/4,
<br />NE/4SW/4SW/4
<br />Sec. 10: ALL
<br />Sec. 11: SW/4, NW/4
<br />Sec. 14rNW14 except Iffat-p6rtion
<br />south of the Union Pacific
<br />Railroad right of way
<br />Sec. 15: NE/4, NW/4, NW/4SE/4',
<br />Portions of the N/2SE/4,
<br />SW/4SE/4, S/2SW/4,
<br />excluding all privately
<br />'held lands not owned or
<br />controlled by Bowie
<br />Resources Limited or the
<br />Union Pacific Railroad.
<br />Sec. 16: N/2NE/4
<br />Sec. 22: Portion of NW/4NW/4;
<br />on lands owned by the.
<br />Union Pacific Railroad
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91 West
<br />6th PM
<br />Sec. 27: SW/4, S/2SE/4, S/2
<br />NE/4SE14, S/2NW/4SE/4
<br />Sec. 28: E12SE/4 -
<br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,
<br />11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SEA
<br />NW/4, S/2NE/4,
<br />NE/4NE/4
<br />Sec. 34: ALL -
<br />Sec. 35: SW/4 Lot 18, NW/4
<br />-_ Lot 19 - - - - - -
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