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<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depan menl W ~uawral Fewure es <br />I }1 } $hrrmar. 51., Room _1 5 <br />uenver. Gi 80Li1 i <br />Phone: U0 f; 8883367 <br />FA%:13051 83'_-8106 <br />June 3, 1993 <br />Mr. Rcn Hyatt <br />Denver Rio Grande Railroad <br />2790 D Road <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br />RE: Hawk's Nest Mine C-81-016 <br />Reclamation of the Coal Silo Facility <br />Dear Mr. Hyatt, <br />performance bond. <br />°o ~p~ <br />~h/ ~\~ <br />~~.o~~~ <br />~~~ <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />ms¢hael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology is currently planning the <br />remaining reclamation work at the Hawk's Nest Mine. The Hawk's <br />Nest mine is located 10 miles East of Paonia within the S1/2 of <br />Section 10, T135, R90W. The mine site has been ordered to be <br />reclaimed by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board. The operator of the mine failed to comply <br />with regulatory requirements for an extended period of time, <br />resulting in revocation of the mining permit and forfeiture of the <br />reclamation performance bond being held by the Division of Minerals <br />and Geology. The Board has directed the Office of Mined Land <br />Reclamation, Coal Regulatory section of the Division, to secure <br />reclamation of the site using funds obtained from the forfeited <br />Initial reclamation of the site was conducted in 1990. The <br />remaining reclamation work to be conducted on site includes the <br />coal silo area and the refuse disposal area located in Hotchkiss. <br />Part of the reclamation plan involves demolition and removal of the <br />two concrete coal silos located on the Hawk's Nest site. <br />The silos were owned by Western Slope Carbon Inc. as part of the <br />Hawk's Nest coal mining operation. According to our files, <br />Mountain Coal Company (owned by ARCO Coal Company) acquired the two <br />concrete silos and overhead conveyor from the Denver Rio Grande <br />Western Railroad. ARCO has decided not to include the silos in the <br />west Elk permit due to the cost of restoring and maintaining the <br />silos. The Division is currently in the process of planning the <br />reclamation of the coal silo facility including demolition and <br />removal of the two concrete silos. <br />iii iuiininiu iii <br />~T~TE OF CO~"~;,99~~~v <br />