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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DryISI~N OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Water Divssioo VI <br />Department of Na[umI Resources <br />505 Angiers Dr., Suite 101 <br />P. O. Box 773450 <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 <br />Voice (970) 879-0272 <br />Fax (970)879-1070 <br />W W W.~'t'aICr.St3TC. CO. US <br />October 26, 2006 <br />Deb E. Gbnima <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Rm 215 <br />Denver, CO. 80203 <br />RE~~~`~~,~ +Y~~ <br />OCT 2 7 2006 <br /> <br />Division of Reclamation, Bill Owrns <br />Governor <br />Mining and Safety <br /> Russell George <br />~ Executive Dnec[or <br />~ Hal Simpson, P. E. <br /> Slate Engineer <br /> Erin Lighf, P. E. <br /> Division Engineer <br />RE: Joker Mine, Water District 54 <br />Water Division VI, Moffat County <br />Dear Ms. Gonima: <br />Your earlier E-mail indicated that the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety was considering <br />warranty release for the Joker Mine in the Little Snake River basin. As part of that work, you requested <br />information from the Division of Water Resources on the status of the Minerals Mining Pond #1 and <br />Pond #2 located along Housel Gulch, tributary to West Timberlake Creek. The following information is <br />from our files and from a site visit by the Water Commissioner for that District. <br />Minerals Mining Corporation obtained storage rights for Pond #1 and Pond #2 in January 1976 via <br />water court cases W-881-75 and W-882-75, respectively. The approved uses were for stock water, <br />mining, and industrial. Pond #1 was listed as 3.96 acre-feet in capacity from a dam with a length of 130 <br />feet and a maximum height of 10 feet. Pond #2 was listed as 3.82 acre feet in capacity from a dam <br />with a length of 125 feet and a maximum height of 10 feet. The site visit deterrnined that the dam for <br />the downstream Pond #2 had been removed and that the dam for the upstream Pond #1 appeared to <br />meet the description listed in the water court records. The remote area around Pond #1 would make <br />that dam a low hazard or no public hazard structure. <br />Based on these findings, the existing dam for Pond #1 would be a "non jurisdictional" structure per our <br />Rules and Regulations. As such, this Division has no objection to the release of this reclaimed site. As <br />is typical for non-jurisdictional dams, we will not make routine safety inspections of this dam and the <br />structure will not be listed in our dam data base. The only time that this Division might visit this dam in <br />the future would be for possible water administration issues in the area or as a follow-up if a safety <br />complaint is filed by someone. <br />If you should have any further questions about this matter, please feel free to contact me at (970) 879- <br />0272, ext. 6014 or at j.blair@state.w.us. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~ ~~~ <br />Johri R. Blair, P.E. !' <br />Dam Safety Engineer, Division VI <br />cc: Kathy Bower, Water Commissioner, District 54 <br />Erin Light, Division Engineer, Division VI <br />Mark Haynes, Dam Safety Chief, Denver <br />Craig Lis, Denver Office <br />