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Public Notice (RE V 13 &6 V6AS 10 N)
<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, SE /4NE /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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