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<br />• ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />Norbert W. Necker <br />j ~ 335 Discovery Ct.. Colorado Springs, CO. 80979 303/599-8225 <br />RE:CE(VED <br />November 1, 1977 NOV ' 3 1977 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />Colo. Dept. 01 Natural Resources <br />Dlr. Rode Orell <br />Chief Colorado Springs Division <br />Colorado D1ine Land Reclamation Board <br />723 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Orell: <br />The application by Castle Concrete Company to continue mining Pike <br />View, Queens Canyon and Black Canyon is one that should be reviewed <br />very carefully. Obviously from a purely aesthetic standpoint, the <br />request should be rejected and the damage already done should be <br />required to be corrected. <br />I realize there are more than aesthetic considerations, however. <br />The somewhat cheaper concrete and other stone materials is an <br />important part of the continued orderly growth of Colorado Springs. <br />It seems to me however that the loss in tourist revenue dollars <br />and the distaste left by the scars not only for the tourists gut <br />for the residents need to be weighed against the minimal economic <br />advantage. The scars created by the mining operations will take <br />centuries to redevelop, if it ever happens. There are numerous <br />other sources that do not spoil the area and do not materially add <br />to the actual cost. People come to Colorado Springs because ~~f the <br />beauty and to get away from the industrial scars of their for;ner <br />communities. Pollution created by the smoke stacks of Gary Steel <br />Mills is no less a form of pollution than the scares created .in the <br />mountains by these mining operations. <br />Please eliminate the continued dispoilation of the front range by <br />rejecting Castle Concretes request. <br />Yours very truly,. <br />~ ,~ <br />Norbert W. Necker <br />