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,, ~ 32 Rave~lls Court <br />Colorado Springs, Co, <br />. r. tember 77 <br />>. P <br />Colorado Mined Isnd Reelamatioa Board <br />723 Centennial Bldg, <br />1313 3herrman Street <br />Denver, Co, _ <br />,~ <br />r. y <br />III IIIIIIIIII'll 111 1 r <br />~~-~~ _ ~~~IVEQ <br />SEP 21 1977` <br />.;, <br />MINED IANiD R ~ ~tEal <br />Colo. Dept. of Natural` <br />Dear Sir; <br />-:,,:. <br />According to the Colorado Sp ~ otto Telegraph today, lf. September, <br />.,~ - <br />the Castle Concrete Company has filed application for permits to continue <br />Wining operations at P311¢Viex Quarry and Queens Canyon Quarry until 2032 <br />and 1988 or"at a much later dare depending on comaercial oonditioris," <br />Both of these operations have been in operation fora "Substa.ntial <br />period of tine" according to the legal notice and~of courae,this i.s very <br />obvious to arty resident of Colorado Springs, In i;act.~ xe all 1lneon.Queena <br />Canyon open pit nine as the near on the mountain, And an incredible, <br />ugly rape of the beauty of Colorado S~rit1gs these sines are to al]. but <br />I <br />blind men! Does your office actually grstrt permission to Castle Concrete <br />to continu~.desptfiiation of our lovely City? And do the mining permits <br />applied for last into the indefinite future as stated in the appli.oations? <br />It is perhaps easy for the citizens of this city to ignore these txo <br />long lived areas of destruction especially xhen only 20 or 30 truck loads <br />of our treat mountain range is bleated axay and hauled out for sale each <br />day, Certainly the rock being mined in full vier of our City is available <br />in sole unpopulated area such as along Geld Camp Road, Let Castle do <br />thmir mining elaexhere if the operation can be 3ustified, <br />Please record my ob3ection to the abpvp lining operation`s is the <br />.~. .. <br />strongest possible terms! <br />Yours truly, ~^ <br />H. Jambs Vl9r Steeg~ M,D, <br />.. ~J , <br />