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~ ~~ Q~ti~ III III IIIIIIIIII III <br />-- ~ <br />~~ <br />January 16, 1986 <br />Mr. Randall Price <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />423 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Randy: <br /> <br />JAPI '~ ~: i98S <br />~,.. .. . <br />Pursuant to your request the Bear Coal Company, Inc., hereby <br />respectfully submits the following information in reference to <br />our water rights at the Bear Number Three Mine. <br />The water consumed at the Number Three Operation is not ex- <br />tracted from a well; and we are therefore not required to obtain <br />a well permit. <br />Instead, the water used by our Company for mining and dust <br />suppression is withdrawn from the North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River and stored in an underground holding tank. From this tank <br />the water is pumped into the mine. At the present time Bear Coal <br />Company has the right to seven acre feet of water per year in the <br />North Fork River. <br />Sincerely, <br />BEAR COAL COMPANY, INC. <br />raig Sp ing <br />Off c Ma ger <br />