2013-01-23_REPORT - C1981038

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 1/23/2013
• Doc Name: 2012 Annual Reclamation Report Adequacy Review Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Basil Bear
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: SLB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
January 23, 2013
Basil R. Bear
Bowie Resources, LLC
P.O. Box 1488
Paonia, CO 81428
Re: Bowie No. 1 Mine (Permit No. C- 1981038)
2012 Annual Reclamation Report
Dear Mr. Bear:
COLORADO
ID I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division has completed its review of the 2012 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) submitted
by Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) for the Bowie No. 1 Mine permit. The report included all of the
information required by Rule 2.04.13, but the information required by Rule 2.04.13(1)(f) was
somewhat unclear in the report.
1. Rule 2.04.13(1)(f) requires BRL to document the location, number of acres and date of
planting for all previously revegetated areas. BRL provided the location and number of
acres for most areas, but the number of acres provided does not add up to the reported
total on the report form (102.69 acres). The following discrepancies were noted:
a. The acreage reported for 2011 on page 2 of the report is 17.27; the figures
provided on that same page add up to 16.73. Page 17, on the Reclamation
Summary table, provides figures totaling 17.11 acres. Please correct as
necessary so that the sums reported in the 2012 ARR are consistent and
correct.
b. The report form for the 2008 ARR indicates that 29.82 acres were seeded. The
figures on page 6 of the 2012 ARR add up to 26.32 acres. Please correct as
necessary so that the sum reported in the 2012 ARR is correct.
C. Page 7 of the 2012 ARR indicates that drill hole sites and the West Mine
ventilation shaft site were seeded in 2005, but no acreage figure is provided.
The combined 2004 and 2005 ARR reports indicate that there were no
reclamation activities during those two years. Please revise the 2012 ARR to
include the total acreage reseeded in 2005.
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