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<br />Received <br />•• ~~~ ~I~~I~~I~~~~~~~~ •• OED 1 61999 <br />999 <br />RUSSELL, WILDERSON, O'HAYRE ~ DAWSON, P.C. Durango FleklOflice <br />Division of Minerals 8 Geoloc <br /> ATfORNET6 AT UW <br />HARRISON F. RUSSELL I [O NOki}I TAYLOk $fkEG( 111vrNaN4 <br />RUNL D~ WIU][RfAN ~. p. ODX I7p ID7016a i-JJxO <br />~~~ N' U'HAfR[ OUNNISON, COLAAADO O 1190 To.ceaa,ut <br />NICMEL C. DAY/LON <br />IOTpI Od I -]pRd <br /> C <br />I <br />MiI <br />pF COUN.EL <br />RUOERY L. W~IUlR. JN. ` ~~ <br />l <br />.J <br />~ <br />q. <br />7 <br />u `~.f~KK.."Cr <br />~ <br />n~1 <br />, <br /> Y <br />4 <br />. <br />~ <br />vv 0 ~~ [ 8 J Y 'L,0 <br />ra <br />~ 6 <br />December 16, 1999 ~~~~~~ (~ruL~ ~~~~. <br />Mr. Wallace H. Erickson, Environmental FILE: M-49-e7'f <br />Protection 5peciallst <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ~I 9 ~~ Rrown_ erg ;nc <br />701 Camino Del Rio, Room 125 <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 Via Fax (970-247-6104) and Certlfled <br />Mail, Return Receipt No. Z32fi B84 36B <br />Re: McLain Ranch/Brown Derby Mine access <br />Our file: 14,556 <br />Dear Mr. Erickson: <br />This firm represents David J, McLain and LaDonna J. McLain, the owners of the <br />McLain Ranch in Gunnison County, Colorado. This letter constitutes the McLalns' Request <br />for Administrative Appeal pursuant to Rule 1.4.7 of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board's Hard Rock/Metal Mining Rules and Regulations, the particular details of which are <br />as follows: <br />1. Permit Number: Brown Derby Mine, Permit No. M-99-074 <br />2.. Applicant: Precious Offerings Mineral Exchange, Inc. <br />3. Appellants: David J. McLain and LaDonna J. McLain <br />4. Decision Appealod: Determination that legal right of entry for Brown Derby Mine access <br />road has been demonstrated by applicant as required by the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act, Section 34-32-101, C.R.S. and the Hard Rock/Metal Mining Rules and <br />Regulations. <br />6. Basis for Appeal: The determination at issue was apparently based upon an opinion <br />dated October 15, 1999 by Bruce C. Kirchhoff, attorney for the applicant, that since public <br />funds were allegedly expended for construction of the subject road pursuant to the Defense <br />Highway Act of 1941, which Itself required the existence of a right of way or access <br />easement as a prerequisite to such expenditure, "...there is no reason to believe that the <br />Forest Service did not acquire proper right of entry prior to construction." The same opinion <br />acknowledges that no documents creating such right of entry have been found despite <br />diligent search. <br />zoos <br />NSN3Q'I I.9'~I']3SS172I b80CTF90L8~. LC~9T 88/9T/ZT <br />