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---~ ~~~N <br />_~ <br />ASSO©ATION <br />- - _ ING <br />The Naliww! <br />Fuel Suppl}- <br />Mr. Dan Mathews <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />2148 Broadway, #C5 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81503 <br />RE: MINOR REVISION <br />DEVELOPMENT HOL <br />PERMIT NO C-81-018. <br />Dear Mr. Mathews: <br />May 5, <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />NO. 119 REQUEST FOR DRILLING A COAL <br />E AT BLUE MOUNTAIN ENERGY'S DESERADO MINE. <br />Blue Mountain Energy is requesting a minor revision of the Deserado Mine Permit in order to drill <br />a new coal development hole 310132-24. The data from this hole will be used to decide whether <br />the start line for the longwall #2 in B-Seam should be extended further to the west. <br />This hole will be a conventional exploration hole drilled with 5-5/8 inch bit. The hole will be logged <br />with geophysical tools immediately and then be plugged, marked and reclaimed as specified in <br />the permit. The hole will be plugged before the drilling rig leaves the drilling location. The total <br />depth of this hole is expected to be 364 feet. <br />Access to the proposed location will be by an existing two track road. No new access will be <br />required. At the location, the vegetation and topsoil will be removed from the area to be occupied <br />by the drill rig (50' x 100' each) and the mud pit. Vegetation will be dozed into a pile at one end of <br />the site and the topsoil dozed into a pile at the other end of the site to facilitate reclamation. The <br />mud pit will be a dozer cut pit of sufficient capacity (10'x6'x3') to contain the cuttings and fluids <br />produced during drilling. No cutting or leveling of the site is planned or anticipated. Large brush, <br />where it exists, may be dozed down to prevent damaging vehicles and to prevent fires. <br />Map 138 in the permit has been revised to show the proposed new hole and access to it. Two <br />copies of permit page II.B-13 and three copies of Map 138 are attached to this minor revision <br />request. This map also shows the location for a proposed return shaft (RS#2) and a West Mains <br />ventilation shaft (WMVS#1). An application to drill these shafts will be forwarded separately in the <br />near future. <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />MPS:Igp <br />cc: Bob Norrgard <br />Scott Wanstedt <br />Ed Thatcher w/o <br />BLM -Meeker <br />Murari P. Shrestha <br />Director of Contracting and Permitting Affairs <br />PO Boz 33429 Denver, CO 8(17333424 Telephone 303/450-9976 Fax 303/45P1042 1]00 West 116th Avenue Westminster, CO 80234 <br />