INDEPENDENT
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta. CO 81416
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<br />5th day of December, A.D., 2012.
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<br />General manager of said Delta County Independent
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me. a Notary Public in and for the
<br />County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 5th day of December A.D.,
<br />2012.
<br />Notary Public
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2013
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane
<br />Delta. CO 81416
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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box
<br />483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has sub-
<br />mitted a complete application for
<br />a technical revision to the Division
<br />of Reclamation, Mining & Safety
<br />for its approved Bowie No. 2 Mine,
<br />mining permit no. C -96 -083. The
<br />proposed revision will provide for
<br />an expansion of coal mine waste
<br />pile number two. The expansion
<br />will increase the size of the waste
<br />pile by approximately 600,000
<br />cubic yards. This revision applica-
<br />tion includes the design for the
<br />waste pile expansion, and a revi-
<br />sion to the associated drainage
<br />features.
<br />The mine facilities are located north
<br />of Bowie Road near the town of
<br />Bowie, CO. A pump station, three
<br />sedir, ?nt porrtr and unit train
<br />loadout are located south of State
<br />Highway 1336. The Fire Mountain
<br />Canal is located south of the mine
<br />facilities and north of the unit train
<br />loadout The North Fork of the
<br />Gunnison River is located south of
<br />the mine permit boundary. The pro-
<br />posed mine permit area is located
<br />on the U S.•Geological Survey 7.5
<br />minute Bowie Quadrangle map
<br />within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South. Range 91
<br />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,
<br />S/2NE /4NE /4SE /4,
<br />SE /4NW /4NE /4SE /4,
<br />E /2SW /4NE /4SE/4,
<br />SE /4NE /4SE /4
<br />Sec. 6: lots 5, 6, 7, SW /4NE /4,
<br />SE /4NW /4, E /2SW /4,
<br />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,
<br />NE/2SW /4, SE /4SW /4,
<br />NE /4SW /4SW /4
<br />Sec. 10: ALL
<br />Sec. 11: SW /4, NW /4
<br />Sec. 14: NW /4 except that
<br />portion south of the
<br />Union Pacific
<br />Railroad right of way
<br />Sec. 15: NE /4, NW /4, NW /4
<br />SE /4 Portions of the
<br />nscia_ 9W /4SE/4.
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<br />held lands not owned
<br />or controlled by
<br />Bowie Resources LLC
<br />or the Union Pacific
<br />Railroad.
<br />Sec. 16: N/2NE/4
<br />Sec. 17: NW /4, W/2NE /4
<br />Sec. 18. Lots 1,2, NEV4,
<br />E/2NW /4
<br />Sec. 22: Portion of NW /4
<br />NW /4, on lands
<br />owned by the Union
<br />Pacific Railroad
<br />Township 13 South. Rance 92West,
<br />6th PM
<br />Sec. 1: SE /4
<br />Sec. 12: lots 1,2,7,8,9, and 10
<br />Township 12 South, Range 91
<br />West, 6th PM
<br />Sec. 27: SW /4, S/2SE /4, S/2
<br />NE /4SE /4, S /2NW /4
<br />S6 4
<br />Sec. 28: E/2 SE /4
<br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8,
<br />10,11, 12, 14, 15, 16,
<br />SE /4NW /4, S /2NE /4,
<br />NE /4NE /4
<br />Sec. 34: ALL
<br />Sec. 35: SW /4 Lot 18, NW /4
<br />Lot 19 •
<br />*North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />The current Bowie No. 2 Mine per-
<br />mit contains 8,301 acres of land,
<br />4,637 acres of private surface and
<br />3,664 acres of Federal surface.
<br />Private minerals within the permit
<br />area encompass 1,957 acres with
<br />Federal minerals accounting for
<br />the balance of 6,344 acres.
<br />A copy of the proposed revision is
<br />available for public inspection at
<br />the Paonia Public Library, 2 Third
<br />Street, Paonia, CO, and at the offic-
<br />es of the Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining & Safety, 1313 Sherman
<br />St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203,
<br />(3031 866 -3567. Written comments
<br />regarding this application may be
<br />submitted to and additional infor-
<br />mation may be obtained from the
<br />Division of Reclamation Mining &
<br />Safety atthe above address. Written
<br />comments must be received by the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />& Safety within 10 days after the
<br />date of this publication in order to
<br />be considered.
<br />Published in the Delta County
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