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Public Notice
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a complete
<br />application for a permit revision to the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety for its
<br />approved Bowie No. 2 Mine, mining permit no. C-1996-083. The proposed revision will
<br />allow the Operator to develop access to the west under Terror Creek to mine the coal in the
<br />Bowie No. 1 Mine east pod. Coal will be mined from federal leases C-37210, C-27442 and
<br />D-036955. These leases were originally part of the Bowie No. 1 permit but by this revision
<br />appropriate portions of the leases will be incorporated into the Bowie No. 2 permit. The
<br />Operator plans to access the reserves from the east in the Upper B-Seam.
<br />Five longwall panels with an east west orientation are proposed. The longwall panels are
<br />located west of Terror Creek. The two northern panels are projected to be nearly two miles
<br />long. The western end of the two northern panels are projected to extend under Stevens
<br />Gulch road and the Pitkin Mesa Pipeline. The three southern panels are shorter because
<br />they are restricted to the west by areas mined out by the Bowie No. 1 mine.
<br />Three property owners are mined under by the western mine plan. They are Bowie
<br />Resources, LLC, Turkey Track Ranch and land managed by the Bureau of Land
<br />Management. The northeast corner of land owned by the Ivan W. Goodwin Revocable
<br />Trust could be affected by subsidence although the effects should be minor because the
<br />overburden in the area is in excess of 1,000'. The western mine plan will not affect any land
<br />managed by the USDA-FS.
<br />Most of the mine facilities are located north of Bowie Road near the town of Bowie, CO. A
<br />pump station, three sediment ponds, a coal mine waste disposal area and unit train loadout
<br />are located south of Bowie Road. The Fire Mountain Canal is located south of the mine
<br />facilities and north of the unit train loadout. The North Fork of the Gunnison River is located
<br />south of the mine permit boundary. The proposed mine permit area is located on the U.S.
<br />Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle map within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 2: SW/4NW/4, SW/4
<br />Sec. 3: ALL
<br />Sec. 4: ALL
<br />Sec. 5: S/2SE/4, SE/4SW/4, S/2NE/4NE/4SE/4, SE/4NW/4NE/4SE/4,
<br /> E/2SW/4NE/4SE/4, SE14NE/4SE/4
<br />Sec. 6: lots 5, 6, 7, SW/4NE/4, SE/4NW/4, E/2SW/4, SE/4
<br />Sec. 7: ALL
<br />Sec. 8: NE/4, W/2, W/2SE/4
<br />Sec. 9: NE/4, NW/4, SE/4, NE/2SW/4, SE/4SW/4, NE/4SW/4SW/4
<br />Sec. 10: ALL
<br />Sec. 11: SW/4, NW/4
<br />Sec. 14: NW/4 except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way
<br />Sec. 15: NE/4, NW/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
<br /> Resources LLC or the Union Pacific Railroad.
<br />Sec. 16: N/2NE/4
<br />Sec. 17: NW/4, W/2NE/4
<br />Sec. 18: Lots 1,2, NE%, E/2NW/4
<br />Sec. 22: Portion of NW/4NW/4, on lands owned by the Union Pacific Railroad
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