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~u ~~ii~~iii~~~i iii <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmem of Natural Resources <br />131 3 Sherman 51 , Room 215 <br />Denver. Colorado 80207 <br />Phone:(3031866-3567 <br />FAX: 13031 832-81 06 <br />July 18, 1994 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DEPARTMENT OI <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCE <br />Mr. Tom Ehmett Roy Romer <br />Director cOVef°°r <br />Office of Surface Minin Tames S. Lochhead <br />g Executive DireJw <br />505 Marquette Avenue, Suite 1200 Michael B. LOng <br />Albuquerque, NM 87102 Division Director <br />RE: Response to May 26, 1994 OSM-HQ Letter, Ten-Day Notice No. X- <br />93-020-370-005 TV 3, Basin Resources, Inc., The Golden Eagle <br />Mine, Permit No. C-81-013 <br />Dear Mr. Ehmett: <br />On June 3, 1994, the Division received a letter from Mr. Ed Kay, <br />Deputy Director of the Washington, D.C. branch of the Office of <br />Surface Mining. Mr. Kay's letter was written in response to the <br />Division's February 14, 1994 request for a review by the Deputy <br />Director of the Division's December 20, 1993 response to AFO <br />regarding Ten-Day Notice No. X-93-020-370-005 TV 3. <br />In his letter, Mr. Kay granted the Division until July 25, 1994 an <br />opportunity to complete its investigation regarding this Ten-Day <br />Notice. On July 11, 1994, personnel from the Division revisited <br />the windmill well and property owned by Mr. Jim Tatum of Houston, <br />Texas. According to Mr. Tatum in his letter of November 30, 1993 <br />to AFO, his well was "now quite dry" due to mining operations <br />conducted by Basin Resources, Inc. at their Golden Eagle Mine in <br />Las Animas County, Colorado. It was this letter that formed the <br />basis for AFO issuing this Ten-Day Notice. <br />During the Division's inspection of July 11, 1994, Division <br />personnel were accompanied by Mr. Tatum. At the time of the <br />inspection, the Division was able to demonstrate to Mr. Tatum that <br />water in fact existed in his well. On July 12, 1994, Mr. Tatum <br />wrote a letter to the Division stating that, "it appears that the <br />well that we thought was dry does have 40-plus feet of water in the <br />borehole...It would appear at this point that the airshaft has not <br />harmed the well, unless the flow of water into the well bore has <br />been decreased to the point the well will not produce a usable <br />quantity of water" (copy of letter enclosed). <br />In light of Mr. Tatum's recent letter, the Division believes the <br />issue raised by Mr. Tatum in his November 1993 letter to AFO <br />regarding a lack of water in his well has been resolved. As this <br />concern was the final item remaining to completely address this <br />