PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Oakridge Energy, Inc., whose office is located at 4613 Old Jacksboro Highway, Wichita
<br />Falls, Texas 76302 (telephone 940.322.4772) has filed an application for a technical
<br />revision to allow two topsoil piles (#4 and #7) to remain in place at the Carbon Junction
<br />Mine (Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety permit C-1992-080,
<br />approved July 31, 1993). The revision requests concurrence by the Division that the
<br />topsoil piles are not needed to achieve the approved reclamation and may remain in place.
<br />The topsoil piles cover approximately 3.38 acres within the permit area. The current
<br />bond is a corporate surety in the amount of is $377,723.00. The legal description of the
<br />permit area is: a tract of land located within Section 33, Township 34%2 North, Range 9
<br />West and Section 33 of Township 35 North, Range 9 West of the Sixth Principal
<br />Meridian, La Plata County, Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:
<br />A perimeter tract of land less an inscribed tract of land located In Section 33,
<br />Township 35 North, Range 9 West, Section 33, Township 34%2 North, Range 9 West
<br />and Section 4, Township 34 North, Range 9 West, North of Ute Line, New Mexico
<br />Principal Meridian, In La Plata County, Colorado, being more particularly described as
<br />follows: Beginning at the Southeast Corner of said Section 33, Township 35 North;
<br />thence S 89° 55' 10" W, 513.29 feet along the south line of said Section 33, Township
<br />35 North; thence S 18° 14' 00" W, 3334.13 feet to the East 1/16 Corner common to
<br />said Section 33, Township 34%2 North and said Section 4; thence S 03° 17' 33" W,
<br />1137.79 feet along the east line of the NW'/4NE'/4 of said Section 4 to the Northeast
<br />1/16 Corner of said Section 4; thence S 79° 49' 43" W, 1092.45 feet along the south
<br />line of the NWl/4NE'/4 of said Section 4 to the Center-North 1/16 Corner of said
<br />Section 4; thence S 79° 23' 29" W, 916.43 feet along the south line of the NE'/4NW'/4
<br />of said Section 4 to a 5/8" rebar with a 1'/2" aluminum cap stamped PLS 18450; thence
<br />North, 1234.40 feet to the north line of the NEi/4NW'/4 of said Section 4; thence N 82°
<br />40' 03" E, 269.99 feet along the north line of the NE'/4NW'/4 of said Section 4 to a 5/8"
<br />rebar with a 1 %2" aluminum cap stamped PLS 18450; thence N 12° 46,13" E, 1495.67
<br />feet; thence N 02° 32'25" E, 318.25 feet; thence N 82° 42' 50" E, 255.73 feet; thence
<br />N 00° 30' 26" E, 358.02 feet; thence N 52° 44' 41" E, 347.51 feet; thence N 02° 32'
<br />25" E, 175.16 feet; thence N 00° 59' 47" E, 548.75 feet; thence East, 600.00 feet;
<br />thence N 14° 06' 30" E, 235.92 feet; thence N 72° 09' 57" E, 174.30 feet; thence S 69°
<br />50' 40" E, 359.30 feet; thence N 21° 31' 37" E, 791.07 feet; thence N 85° 48' 07" E,
<br />1505.47 feet to the east line of the SE'/4SE'/4 of said Section 33, Township 35 North;
<br />thence S 00° 53'22" W, 709.42 feet along the east line of the SE'/4SE'/4 of said Section
<br />33, Township 35 North to the point of beginning, containing 225.83 acres more or
<br />less. This tract is to be reduced by the inscribed tract which is further described as
<br />follows:
<br />A tract of land located In Section 33, Township 34%2 North, Range 9 West, and Section
<br />4, Township 34 North, Range 9 West, North of Ute Line, New Mexico Principal
<br />Meridian, In La Plata County, Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:
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