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eew! Is there a cautionary tale somewhere in Summitville Consolidated Mining Corporation's <br /> good intentions for gold recovery in Rio Grande County Colorado? <br /> In December 1992, as parent company Galactic Resouces was going bankrupt,they abruptly abandoned <br /> their cyanide leaching opertaion. Toxic spills ensued.The EPA promptly added it as a cleanup site on the <br /> National Priority List(NPL) in 1994.A$30 million dollar settlement ensued. <br /> What concernes me most is CJK Milling's use of copious amounts of potable Parkville Water Distirct <br /> water and employing a sodium cyanide technique for metals recovery is that it is happenning adjacent to <br /> the �eadville Sanitation wastewater faciliiy. I'm more than a tad concerned about the accelerated , <br /> escalation of water rates&sewer rates as it is. <br /> Suely you're aware Of the Colorado Department of Public Health+Environment's much publicized,ongoing <br /> troubles with Leadville Sanitation wastewater facility having excessive mercury levels in their <br /> discharge water. <br /> I think it a porrly conceived idea to approve CJK Mi1Hng's application. <br /> But,what if CJK's expertise in metals recovery could facilate the removal and recovery of this mercury? <br /> Could mercury have marketable value that CJK could benefit from while helping the residents of Leadville <br /> at the same time? <br /> I've been wondered , if anyone at Colorado Depatment of Public Health&Enviroment(CDPHE) <br /> has found the point source(s) causing these unpermissable mercury levels? <br /> Could there be an un-tapped wealth of information stemming from X-Ray Fluorescent compiled data of <br /> the 1991 California Gulch Residential Soil Sampling Program by CAMP,DRESSER&McKEE of Denver CO? <br /> Due to an EPA Administrative Order--a uniform 200'sampling grid was layed over the town of Leadville <br /> and soils samples were taken at 3 differing horizons at each sampling point. <br /> Has anyone ever thought to re-visit and re-purpose that 1991 raw or XRF data from that <br /> soil sampling survey to perhaps discover today's cause of inercury appearing in Leadville's sewer system? <br /> If it is helpful to know, ! recall that ... <br /> Rick Chappell was the lead geochemist with CAMP, DRESSER&McKEE,the repositor of that XRF data. <br /> ROY F.WESTON &ASSOCIATES was the prime contractor for the EPA Region VIII . <br /> JAMES P.WALSH &ASSOCIATES were soil scientists from Boulder CO. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Andrea Bellhouse <br /> PO Box 198 <br /> Leadville CO 80461 <br /> cc: CDPHE, Leadville Sanitation District, City of Leadville <br />