RBC I The Bureau of Land Management is working closely with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety to extinguish a coal seam fire burning in the long-abandoned Black Diamond Mine above Meeker.
The mine is located on private lands, but the state is proposing a temporary access road and staging area on BLM-managed lands. Total disturbance on BLM-managed lands is estimated to be two acres.
As part of its consideration of the proposal,…