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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0904 <br /> <br />._'1- <br />~,- -~~ <br />"".~"..\1f!~:~. <br />~'.:"'~~' <br />::1(:;,::; l' <br />.., 'j:; <br />~ ..JII'IIIIf. '"" <br />,.<",I".........~ <br />. '........... <br />.~~~., <br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />BUREAU OF MINES <br /> <br />0PPI0Il CII' <br />III111IONAl.D1I1_ <br /> <br />REGION IV <br /> <br />&U NIIW C\l~MHOU.. <br />D8NVKRa.COLb.ADO <br /> <br />December I, 195Z <br /> <br />Lt'. Col. Herbert N. Turner <br />Acting Di8t:rictEnliileer <br />Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army <br />P. O. Box 1538: <br />Albuquerque, New Mexico <br /> <br />Reference File: SWKGC <br /> <br />Dear Colonel Turner: <br /> <br />This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November <br />Z8, :relative to the report on survey for flood control Purgatoire <br />(:Picket Wire) :aiver, Colorado. Prelimii:1ary cUscussions have been <br />held regarding the proposed, dam for floodCfJontrol on the Purgatoire <br />River near Trii:1idad, and we have established, from theinform.ation <br />availabl~, thl.tthe proposed project will flood a large area underlaii:1 <br />by good coking coal. <br /> <br />,We have a map from the Corps of Engii:1eers showing the <br />location of the proposed reservoir, and we are attemptirig to secure <br />from the Geological Survey their map of the area showing the actual ' <br />and potential coal reserves before making a formal reply to your <br />letter. ~e wish to .be on record at the present time that the Bureau' <br />of Min,es is opposed to the present location of the reservoir becaus,e <br />of inundating coallan, d. We will furnish you with a complete report <br />. '. . <br />a8 soon as the information we have requested is obtaii:1ed. <br /> <br />~e.?~/ <br />/i ,l!:...~.. Jr. r <br /> <br />Regional Director <br /> <br />APPENDIX G <br />Exhibit No.8 <br />J'age 1 ofl; ;> <br />>~,. ~~.u . ", "" '" _,' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />