Posts Tagged ‘Oxbow Mining’
Elk Creek Mine Closed Due to Carbon Monoxide
On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 during one of the many inspections performed by Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) inspectors on local coal mines, carbon monoxide was detected by a handheld monitor, carried by an inspector. Due to the reading,…Click to view post »
November Brings Energy Celebration, But Also Concerns
Just as residents in the North Fork Valley are planning their Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays and the farmers and organic growers are heading into their dormant season, local news turns to the other major economic resource in the valley…Energy! During…Click to view post »
Oak Mesa Project Received Approval
The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office has released its final Environmental Assessment and the associated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record on the Oxbow Mining, LLC proposed federal coal exploration license (a.k.a Oak Mesa Project). …Click to view post »
Oxbow/Bear Ranch Donates $25,000 to Memorial Hall – $10,000 to North Fork Libraries
Mike Ludlow of Oxbow Mining says that it is a perfect fit for the company to support community landmark, Hotchkiss Memorial Hall, with a donation that will save the Hall significant future heating and cooling energy dollars. At the Hotchkiss…Click to view post »
Delta County Libraries Receive Donations From Oxbow Mining
Capital Projects at Paonia, Hotchkiss, and Delta to Benefit The Delta County Libraries received $20,000 from Oxbow Mining in support of several capital projects at the Paonia, Hotchkiss, and Delta libraries. “We are really pleased to have Oxbow assisting us…Click to view post »
Conversations Continue Between Oxbow Mining & Landowners Near Proposed Oak Mesa Mine
For the second time since Oxbow Mining LLC announced their intention to pursue coal mining exploration on Oak Mesa near Hotchkiss, mining executives met with property owners from the Leroux Creek and Stingley Gulch areas on June 7. Both meetings…Click to view post »
BLM Decision Allows Oxbow’s Elk Creek Coal Mine Operations to Continue
On Friday, Mar. 16, the Bureau of Land Management approved a coal lease modification for Oxbow’s Elk Creek Mine allowing the continuation of mining operations adjacent to the existing federal coal lease. The mine employs 325 people. The Oxbow Mining,…Click to view post »
Oak Mesa Project Awaits EA~West Elk Mine Face Expansion Delay
Oxbow Mining’s Oak Mesa Project has one small hurdle to leap before the exploration project can begin this summer. The draft environmental assessment on the proposed drilling of 43 exploratory wells is due for release to public review anytime. Project…Click to view post »
North Fork Chambers Talk Economic Development With Local Government
Local business met local government at the half-day North Fork Chambers of Commerce joint forum at Hotchkiss’s Memorial Hall on Saturday, January 21. The meeting started with a status review of Master Plans in progress by Delta County and the…Click to view post »
A Conversation Begins: Oxbow Meets With Oak Mesa Project Neighbors
At Memorial Hall in Hotchkiss on the chilly evening of December 12, Oxbow Mining and their potential future neighbors finally met face to face and began a conversation that will continue over the next five years. During the two-hour forum…Click to view post »
