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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />January 8, 2015 <br />Forrest Luke <br />Trapper Mining, Inc <br />P.O. Box 187 <br />Craig, CO 81626 <br />RE: Trapper Mining, Inc., Permit C- 1981 -010 <br />Archeological Resources Site 5MF948 <br />Dear Mr. Luke: <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) was contacted by Jennifer Maiolo <br />with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on December 3, 2014 regarding Archeological Site <br />5MF948. According to the BLM, this site has been reported in the wrong location and is actually located <br />within the permit area. Also, the BLM requested the Division determine if mining and blasting would <br />adversely affect the site. The Division has evaluated this issue in accordance with Rule 2.04.4 and <br />2.05.6(4). <br />Trapper's permit Section 2.9 and Appendix K indicate the site is located in Section 8 of Township 5 <br />North, Range 90 West of the 6"' principal meridian and is outside of the permit area. Permit map M45 <br />depicts this site to be located in Section 8 outside of the permit area. The BLM indicated this site is <br />located in Section 5, not Section 8. The Division conducted on inspection of the site on December 10, <br />2014. The Division collected a GPS point at the site and confirmed that the site is located in Section 5 <br />within the permit area. According to permit page 4 -3a, the site is 3,600 feet away of the closest proposed <br />mining disturbance. Based on the GPS point collected by the Division, the site will be about 700 feet <br />from the mining projected to occur in 2016 based on map M10a in permit. Given Trapper's current <br />mining plan, flyrock and airblasts will not likely affect site 5MF948. However, ground vibration, if large <br />enough, might affect the sandstone upon which the petroglyphs are painted. <br />The Division requests that Trapper submit a Technical Revision to update the following: <br />1.) Revise section 2.9 and 4.1 of the permit to indicate the site is located within the permit boundary. <br />2.) Revise permit section 2.9 to indicate the correct location of the site and to note the error of the <br />location cited in the cultural resource report included in Appendix K for this site. <br />3.) Revise permit section 4.1 to indicate how far the site will be from the projected mining <br />disturbance. <br />4.) Please evaluate if the mining setback from the site is far enough away from blasting, and given <br />the expected sizes of the blasts, that the site won't be affected. Once this is completed, please <br />revise section 2.9 and 4.1 of the permit to include the results of this evaluation. In accordance <br />OF COGO <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us I * I *i <br />John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director 1- 76 * <br />