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~I~ I~~~I~~I~~I~~I~~ sss September 9, 1998 SEP 1 4 1.998 Mr. Wallace Erickson Colorado Department of Mineral and Geology 484 'hirner Drive Building F, # 101 Durango, CO 81301 DENVER pFFICE PVB~~C F~~E COpy F1LE: M-97-a89 SITE;$~o~e Gr ueL 1 Z'nsPeG ;dn d ~Po TOFC 'T ¢~''1ewt Re: Stone Crushing Dear Mr. Erickson: Received ~iWsfon o ~ era/5 6 Geolo9Y R SEP 1 6 1998 We are in receipt of your letter dated September 8, 1998. We are sure that DMG has carefully and thoughtfully reviewed our letter. However, in Mr. Stone's application Exhibit G, Water Information he states that "Water for project operations dust abatement, pre-wetting or roads sprinkling shall be purchased from off-site water sources...." We assume that as this was part of Mr. Stone's application, DMG granted his permit based on the information provided by the Permittee. Therefore, if the Permittee does not have adequate water to perform the necessary duties to control dust abatement, he is in violation of his reclamation permit application. Since the reclamation permit application is a legally binding document, we believe that it is important that the Permittee fully understand his obligations and abide by the permit granted by the Department of Minerals and Geology. It appears that mining is not being carried out unit by unit as Mr. Stone stated in his mining plan. The plan that he submitted stated that he would mine areas of one hundred and fifty feet (150') wide at a time. It appears that he is mining an area approximately nine hundred and forty feet (940') wide to as much as one thousand two hundred feet (1,200') wide. Susan Campbell Bell spent some time measuring the disturbed area of the above-mentioned mining operation. These measurements were taken with a measuring wheel and are not anywhere near as accurate as a professional survey.