Laserfiche WebLink
~~~ <br />College of Agricultural Sciences <br />Colorado Slate Unlvenlty <br />Western Colorado Agricultural <br />Reseereh Center <br />P.O. Box 788 <br />Grand Junction, l;oloredo 81501 <br />September 23, 1980 <br />• •. <br />SUBJECT: Land Status and Agronomic Potential <br />Dorchester Colomine Coal Co. Site <br />South of Florence. Colorado <br />T0: Dorchester Colomine Coal <br />T51 Horizon Ct. Suite 1 <br />Orend Junction, CO 81501 <br />ATTENTION: ;;r. Darrel Eespe <br />The following is the information which ve <br />concerning the land area occupied by the <br />Mine located south of Florence, Colorado. <br />F.ave available <br />Dorchester dl <br />None of the mining operation is located on prime farm <br />land as shove oa the 1980 cap of Smoortant farm lands <br />of Fremont County published by the USDA Sail Conservation <br />Service end the CSU Experiment Station. Less thaw one <br />acre of the area occupied by the mine entrance could <br />perhaps be classed as m alluvial valley floor. Sovever, <br />the feasibility of graving agronomic crops on this site <br />does not exist. The soil is shallow, somewhat rocky, <br />there ie no natural occurring subirrigation and there <br />are no irrigation eater rights which could be developed. <br />Sin erely. -/ <br />/S [.~ /~ ~~E Lei L'L'/.+ <br />~ohn C. Keenan, Ph. D. <br />Assistant Professor b <br />Superintendent <br />.f\ <br />