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Land Use and Cultural and Historic Resource Information - <br />Detailed information regarding land uses and cultural and historic resources within the Bowie <br />No. 2 Mine permit area is provided in Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4 of the permit application <br />document. A brief summary is provided below, and this summary is derived from the <br />information presented within Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4 of the permit application document. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit and adjacent area includes a mix of land uses. The lower <br />elevation areas are used for pasture, cropland, orchards, residential and industrial uses. <br />Agricultural uses are served by irrigation water. The higher elevations within and adjacent to the <br />permit area support some rangeland use, and the areas offer abundant wildlife habitat. The lands <br />also support various recreational uses. <br />Historic and current mining operations also exist in the general area. The Bowie No. 1 Mine is <br />located west of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The Terror Creek Loadout is located to the <br />south of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area, adjacent to the Unit Train Loadout. The reclaimed <br />Blue Ribbon Mine is also located nearby along Hubbard Creek, as are outlying facilities <br />associated with the Sanborn Creek Mine. Historic coal mines located within and adjacent to the <br />Bowie No. 2 permit boundary include the King Mine, the Gelwick Mine, the old Blue Ribbon <br />Mine and the Farmers' Mine. The old townsite of Bowie is located within the Bowie No. 2 <br />permit area. <br />Three historic sites not associated with important persons or events in history and not eligible to <br />the National Register were evaluated by the Colorado Historical Society; it was determined that <br />deterioration and alteration had lessened their historic value. As requested by the Colorado <br />Historical Society, BRL has committed to stop construction of any surface disturbance and <br />evaluate the situation appropriately, in consultation with the Colorado Historical Society, if <br />previously unknown cultural resources should be discovered. <br />Geology - <br />Detailed information regarding the geology in and adjacent to the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area <br />is provided in Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the permit application document. A brief summary <br />is provided below, and this summary is derived from the information presented within Sections <br />2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the permit application. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area is located in the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison River, <br />near the western margin of the Colorado portion of the Central Rocky Mountains. The elevation <br />of the permit area ranges from about 6,000 feet above sea level to over 8,000 feet above sea <br />level. The general area is situated along the southern flank of the Piceance Creek structural and <br />sedimentary basin. The area is bounded by Larimide structural and physiographic features on <br />the following sides: West Elk and Elk Mountains on the east; the Gunnison Uplift on the south; <br />the Uncompahgre Uplift on the west - southwest; and the Grand Mesa - Piceance Basin on the <br />north. <br />7 <br />