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<br />Public Comment and Protest <br />* Attached please Snd a petition from area residents circulated in protest to awarding the Special Use Permit <br />requested of Pueblo County by Siloam Stone. Although this petition has been circulating a short time (less than <br />10 days) we have ah-eady obtained over 600 signatures of persons who object to mining the area known as Peck's <br />Canyon, and to the granting of the Special Use Permit mentioned above. Public outcry in opposition to mining <br />this area has been great, with many many calls and letters from concerned citizens. <br />* Attached also please &nd a letter of protest from the Beulah Regional Couservation Society, and copies of <br />letters submitted to the Colorado State Board of Minerals and Geology from area landowners protesting the <br />permit at the state level. <br />* We have spoken with literally hundreds ofpeople about this mining issue, explaining the fact that the mineral <br />rights were retained by the State of Colorado and currently leased to Siloam Stone, so they have the right to <br />mine this property. People were astonished and some outraged that there was no way to stop this, and agreed <br />that what is somebody's right is not always what is right. People want to see this special and precious area of <br />Pueblo County preserved and not mined. <br />