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<br />,00^ <br />OXBOW MINING, LLC <br />3737 Hwy 133 P.O. Box 535 Somerset, Colorado 81434 USA Tel (970)929-5122 Fax <br />(970)929-5177 <br />January 31, 2011 <br />Mr. Mike Boulay <br />Environmental Protection Specialist Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety '?? <br />101 South P, Suite 301 ?"? a A, <br />?? ? d Sate?N <br />Grand Junction, CO 80203 <br />Re: Oxbow Mining, LLC., Permit C-1981-022 <br />2010 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Dear Mr. Boulay: <br />The following information is submitted as the 2010 Annual Reclamation Report for the Oxbow <br />Mining, LLC., Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mines. The contents of this report are submitted to <br />satisfy the requirements of CDMG Rule 2.04.13 Annual Reclamation Reports. In addition, we <br />have also included an executed CDMG, Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2010 form. <br />Location and numbers of acres disturbed during 2 <br />Elk Creek Mine - gob vent boreholes( see attached list) 11.84 acres <br />Location and number of acres of areas backfilled and Rraded during 2010: <br />Elk Creek Mine - gob vent boreholes, roads and II West. 7.76 acres <br />Seed Purchases: <br />Seed was purchased from Granite Seed Company, Lehi, Utah. Attached are copies of the "Letter <br />of Certification" for seed shipped in 2010. <br />Weed Control <br />Early season thistles, houndstongue and Whitetop were sprayed by a contractor using Telar <br />herbicide in accordance with the label requirements. Later season thistles, houndstongue and <br />Russian knapweed were sprayed with a Redeem herbicide or Milestone herbicide in accordance <br />with the label. Areas sprayed included general disturbance areas such as road cuts, warehouse <br />storage areas, pond outslopes, reclaimed borehole roads and borehole padsites, etc. <br />Rill and Gully <br />The Lower Hubbard Creek site, the Bear Creek site, the reclaimed areas of the West Valley fill <br />coal refuse disposal area and East Yard coal refuse disposal area and the reclaimed degas wells <br />sites were inspected for the formation of rills and gullies deeper than nine inches. No such gullies <br />were encountered requiring follow-up repair and seeding. <br />0 Page 1