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Permit, and it will remain in place as long as it is needed. The removal of the Waterline and the <br /> Pump house are included in the Permit Bonding Section of the Application for an Amendment to <br /> the Gold Hill Mill Limited Impact Permit. <br /> Your statements regarding the pump that will be employed to move the water from Left Hand <br /> Creek to behind the Times Mine's bulkhead seem to rely entirely on the opinions of the <br /> aforementioned J. Wayne Tatman. When you state that the manager made "many statements <br /> during his time at the mine indicating that the plan to pump water up from Lefthand was a"pipe <br /> dream." According to him, witnessed by us, the engineers realized that pumping water up <br /> thousands of feet from Lefthand creek"would take a pump the size of the Blue Bird Lodge to push <br /> the water.",you must be repeating something he said. J. Wayne Tatman is hardly a credible source <br /> for anything remotely related to the proper management of the Gold Hill Mill. <br /> The selection of a three stage Bean pump was made after consulting with several competent <br /> engineers. However, in the event that the three stage Bean pump is not up to the task of supplying <br /> process water to the Gold Hill Mill, then a second pump will be installed along the twelve foot <br /> Water Pipeline Easement Deed. That is why the Easement Deed includes language for improving <br /> the existing water pipeline. If a larger, more powerful pump is needed at the Pump Station, it <br /> certainly will not be so large that it will not fit comfortably inside the metal container selected to <br /> house the Bean pump. This is hardly the greatest distance or rise in elevation that engineers have <br /> ever overcome by the selection of the proper pumping equipment to achieve the goal of moving <br /> water from its source to its place of consumption. <br /> The two of you also expressed concern about regulating the water that will be pumped from Left <br /> Hand Creek. The October 2, 1985, Water Court Decree contains specific language regarding the <br /> consumptive use of the water controlled by the shares in the Left Hand Ditch Company. A copy <br /> of that Water Court Decree was among the documents furnished to the Division of Reclamation <br /> back in 1985, when proof was provided that the mill had a legal source of water for its operations. <br /> You raised a question about the amount of water that will be pumped from Left Hand Creek having <br /> an impact on the"fish population that is still recovering from the flood?"While it is not very likely <br /> that the insertion of a single two (2) inch screened pipe pumping a maximum of fifty gallons a <br /> minute from this creek could really impact a thriving fish population, we are open to considering <br /> any serious suggestions about protecting the fish population in Left Hand Creek from either of you <br /> or anybody else. <br /> Finally, if you believe that the "proposed water usage" could `'hinder the fire department's ability <br /> to fight fire" you should reconsider the offer that was made to you months ago to make the very <br /> large volume of water that is stored in the Times Mine available for emergency use. Since the <br /> access to the Times Mine Adit portal was restored, all that needs to be accomplished to make this <br /> water available for the Fire Department is the installation of several hundred feet of steel pipe and <br /> several valves to ensure that this water could be used by the Fire Department. It is considerably <br /> closer than Left Hand Creek, and it contains ten times more water than any cisterns in Gold Hill <br /> that I know of from discussions with your fellow citizens. <br /> 3 <br />