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only material that was ever brought to the mill from any site other than the Cash Mine was imported <br /> there by Colina Oro Molina. When J. Wayne Tatman finally departed the territory in 1997, the <br /> 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 Colorado Milling Company, LLC has been the permitted operator of the Gold Hill Mill since <br /> August 25,2015,but has not yet begun processing ore in the facility. This company has,however, <br /> spent considerable effort and funds cleaning up after the previous operator of the Gold Hill Mill, <br /> Mount Royale Ventures. This should be easily discoverable to anyone who simply looks around <br /> the millsite. <br /> The point of recounting all of this history is to inform you just who was actually responsible for <br /> all of the past problems you raised in your letter. With regard to the other issues that you brought <br /> up in your letter the following answers may be helpful: <br /> The two of you expressed a concern that the site where the pump was going to be placed was too <br /> near Left Hand Creek. This has been addressed by moving the location of Pump House and fuel <br /> storage for the generator well above the Left Hand Creek floodplain and floodway. <br /> You both commented on the condition of the Gold Hill Mill Waterline. The original installation <br /> of this pipeline and the replacement and improvement of the Waterline were included when the <br /> Gold Hill Mill was first permitted on September 26, 1985. The Waterline and Access Easement <br /> with Boulder County anticipated that the Left Hand Creek Pump Station, the Water Pipeline and <br /> the Times Mine Adit would be maintained,repaired and improved during the unlimited time period <br /> of the Easement. I would note that there has not been a single letter addressed or forwarded to <br /> anyone associated with any of the permitted operators of the Gold Hill Mill complaining of the <br /> condition of the pipes and claiming that they were an eyesore and a permanent piece of trash. The <br /> Colorado Milling Company, LLC will be removing and replacing the old Waterline after it is <br /> granted an Amendment to the previously approved Gold Hill Mill Permit. The removal of the <br /> Waterline and the Pumphouse are included in the Permit Bonding Section of the Application for <br /> an Amendment to the Gold Hill Mill Limited Impact Permit. <br /> 2 <br />