2010-11-18_PERMIT FILE - X201023200

• Permit No: X201023200
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/18/2010
• Doc Name: Acceptance of Notice of Intent to Conduct Coal Exploration
• From: DRMS
• To: New Elk Coal Company, LLC
• Email Name: KAG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
1876 * 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]
ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONDUCT
COAL EXPLORATION
(Involving 250 Tons or Less of Coal)
Notice of Intent No.: X-2010-232-00
Date Issued: August 27, 2010
Decision Type: Approve
Issued To: New Elk Coal Company, LLC
Mine Manager
122 W First Street
Trinidad, CO 81082
Revised Expiration: December 31, 2010
Project Name: New Elk Mine 2010 Exploration Program
Site Contact: New Elk Coal Company, LLC, Ron Thompson
Address: Mine Manager
122 W First Street
Trinidad, CO 81082
DRMS Specialist: Kent Gorham
County: Las Animas
Bond Amount: $82,957.00
Number of Sites: 12
Number of Holes: 12
Number of Excavated Mud Pits: 0
Length of New Roads to be Constructed: 2750'
Average Depth of Drill Holes: 800'
Legal Description: Township 33 South, Range 67 West, Sections 5, 6, 7, 9, 18;
Township 33 South, Range 68 West, Section 12
The Division finds that the above-issued prospector has filed a complete and adequate Notice of Intent to Explore in
accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Office of
Mined Land Reclamation for Coal Mining, adopted in accordance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation
Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et seq. The Division further finds that the proposed project qualifies as coal exploration WITH
substantial disturbance to the land, and that all performance bond requirement , if T, ha been atisfied.
Authorized Representative/Permittee Authors Representative/Division of
Reclam ion, Mining and Safety
Date:
Date: 11-1k
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