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facility and permit were in complete disarray and his sister was considerably poorer if not much <br /> wiser. <br /> The next permitted operator of the Gold Hill Mill was ITEC Environmental. This company spent <br /> a great deal of time and money addressing the problems created by the aforementioned J. Wayne <br /> Tatman. When the price of gold fell below this company's breakeven price, they sold the Gold <br /> Hill Mill back to the original owners before they had processed any significant ore through the <br /> mill. There were no operational permit violations during the time when ITEC Environmental was <br /> in charge of the Gold Hill Mill. <br /> Mount Royale Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of a Canadian public company, was the next <br /> permitted operator of the Gold Hill Mill. They were only processing at the Gold Hill Mill for <br /> approximately eighteen months during 2007 and 2008.Mismanagement and wasteful expenditures <br /> doomed this company to failure, but there were no serious permit violations discovered by the <br /> Division of Reclamation while this company was operating the Gold Hill Mill. <br /> The point of recounting all of this history is to inform and remind you just who was actually <br /> responsible for all of the past problems you are revisiting in your letter. As for your claimed lack <br /> of stewardship shown in the past, the Colorado Milling Company, LLC has gone to great lengths <br /> to clean up the mess left behind when Mount Royale Ventures was forced off the property. It has <br /> spent considerable effort and funds cleaning up after the previous operators of the Gold Hill Mill. <br /> This should be easily discoverable to anyone who simply looks around the millsite. <br /> The Colorado Milling Company, LLC is committed to following the terms and conditions of the <br /> original permit issued on September 26, 1985,and that includes restoring the use of the legal source <br /> of water for the Gold Hill Mill. It remains something of a mystery that you never broached the <br /> subject of the Gold Hill Mill Waterline's lack of repair and utilization during the years when Mount <br /> Royale Ventures was the permitted operator of the Gold Hill Mill. <br /> The Colorado Milling Company, LLC's representatives are prepared to address any other <br /> legitimate concerns or problems that you want to bring to their attention. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Mark A. Steen <br /> Colorado Milling Company, LLC <br /> 2 <br />