2019-12-27_REVISION - C1981012 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/27/2019
• Doc Name: Issuance Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Las Animas County Commissioners
• Type & Sequence: RN7
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: MAC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P [phone] F [phone] https://mining.state.co.us
Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director
1313 Sherman St. Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
December 27, 2019

Las Animas County Commissioners
County Commissioner
200 East First Street, Room 104
Trinidad, CO 81082

Re: Permit Issuance
Permit Renewal No. 7 (RN-7)
New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012)

Dear Las Animas County Commissioners:

The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety renewed Mining Permit No. C-1981-012
for the New Elk Mine on December 19, 2019, allowing coal mining and reclamation operations to
continue under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The
permit was issued to New Elk Coal Company, LLC, 12250 Highway 12, Weston, CO 81091, (719)
631-6141, for their mining operation located in Las Animas County, approximately 25 miles West of
Trinidad, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:

Due to the lack of a U.S. Public Land Survey of the permit area, the legal description of the lands
included within the permit area is a metes and bounds description, which is included in Exhibit 34
of the permit. An approximation of the location of the permit area, assuming the sections are
partially or fully projected in T33S, R68W, is as follows: T33S, R68W, Portions of Sections 13,
14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 35 and 36

Copies of the permit are available at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety,
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone].