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r <br />' ~~ Gp~ L <br />R~ ~~ ~ <br />RICHARD D. LAMM C ~L ~ <br />Governor <br />m 4~+0 <br />~sre <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street -Room 818 <br />Denver, Colorado 60203 <br />Administration (303) 8923581 <br />Ground Water13031692~3587 <br />March 17, 1977 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />III IIIIIIIII IIII III <br />999 <br />v.~. KUPER <br />State Engineer <br />.. ~. <br />~. i <br />.;..~.~ <br />.. :-':7.',5 <br />TO: HARRIS SHERMAN, SECRETARY, MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />FROM: DR. JERIS A. DANIELSON, DEPUTY STATE ENGINEER <br />SUBJEGT: DELTA SAND & GRAVEL PIT #3, DELTA COUNT, APPLICATION <br />FOR MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMIT <br />As requested by your office, we have reviewed the application for a <br />gravel operation at the confluence of Minnesota Creek and the North <br />Fork of the Gunnison River near Paonia. This area is so critically <br />short of water that the Division of Water Resources presently denies <br />all permits for tributary wells upstream from Hotchkiss. The proposed <br />mining operation could add approximately one acre of surface area to <br />an existing 2.6 acre lake. Evaporation losses from the one-acre <br />surface would amount to only 2 to 2.5 acre-feet per year, but even <br />this small amount should be replaced. We, therefore, recommend <br />approval of the operation with the condition that, if the Stage 3 area <br />is developed, evaporation losses will be replaced. <br />A. Danielson <br />JAD/SSH : mvf <br />cc: Ralph Kelling <br />