2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 34 - Mineral Resources
Oil and Natural Gas
Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes
§ 34-61-102. Location of borehole restricted

CO Rev Stat ยง 34-61-102 (2016) What's This?

No borehole penetrating a gas-bearing or oil-bearing formation shall be located within two hundred feet of a shaft or entrance to a coal mine not definitely abandoned or sealed. No such borehole shall be located within one hundred feet of any mine shaft house, mine boiler house, mine engine house, or mine fan. The location of any proposed borehole must insure that when drilled it will be at least fifteen feet from any mine haulage or airway.

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