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i <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br /> DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br /> Department of Natural Resources POW,4"T' i <br /> 1313 Sherman St.,Room 215 <br /> Denver,Colorado 80203 <br /> Phone:(303)866-3567 <br /> FAX-(303)832-8106 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF <br /> NATURAL <br /> RESOURCES <br /> Roy Romer <br /> Governor <br /> hhead <br /> NEWS RELEASE lames 5 Loc Direct <br /> Executive Director <br /> Michael B.Long <br /> Division Director <br /> Immediate Release 9/13/96 For more Information: <br /> Loretta Pineda (303) 866-3567 <br /> STATE HOSTS COAL BASIN MINE RECLAMATION TOUR <br /> The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology will host a tour of the Coal Basin Mine <br /> site on September 27, 1996 at 3 p.m. Anyone interested in going on the tour should meet at the <br /> Coke Ovens at Redstone at 3 p.m. The informational meeting and tour will review reclamation <br /> activities that have been completed this summer. <br /> Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. operators of the Coal Basin Mine in Pitkin County filed <br /> bankruptcy in February of 1992. In August of 1992 the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation <br /> Board revoked the mine permit. Through a bankruptcy plan the state has received funds which <br /> it is using for reclamation at the site. Implementation of the reclamation is being coordinated <br /> with the U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Department of Health and Environment and the Office <br /> of Surface Mining. <br />