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<br />MANSFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION <br />9155 EAST CENTER AVENUE, lt6-D <br />DENVER, COLORADO 8C231 <br />1303) 367-1Q3u <br />December 8, 1988 <br />MINE LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 ~~'r.: ._ •~.r ~•- ~ , <br />Denver, Colorado ~' ~'" `~ `-- F ~~ '"~ ~'~ <br />P,E: Applicant for a Mining Permit ~'~=~ =n 19a~ <br />Rocky Mountain Paving Company, Inc. ,,i;;,,=_; Lt,; :: <br />1910 P,and Avenue <br />Colorado Springs, CO 80906 it~.,LNf/F•.T 1:1i', GIB,+: ~IOr~'/ <br />To Wnom It May Concern: ~ <br />I am president of Mansfield Development Corporatiep which is <br />a contiguous landowner to the site of a gravel minin¢ operation <br />proposed by the above referenced applicant. It is the purpose of <br />this letter to register our opposition to this application. <br />The areas of concern which I believe should be considered <br />before issuing a permit to allow mining on the site concern the <br />safety and welfare of motor'_sts traveling on U.S. f.ighway 2u on <br />which the proposed mine would front, tourists visiting the Cave <br />of the Winds which is in close proximity to the proposed mining <br />operation, and the detrimental effect upon present and possible <br />future residents in the immediate are z. <br />Specifically, my concern revolves around three major issues: <br />In'_tially, truck traffic from the mining operations will enter <br />4ighway 2u and turn around at the closest access point wnicn is <br />apDrOX'_m'ate!y 400 feet West, up the pass. This trucK traffic may <br />present serious safety proplems for traffic traveling east and <br />nest on F:ighway 24. <br />My second concern invo'_ves the type of mining that wi'_1 be <br />necessary. It is my understanding that tnere will be a signifi- <br />cant amount of surface and subsurface blasting. Th'_s may create <br />a problem due to the close proximity of the Cave of the winds <br />directly to the east. The Castle Concrete Company is '_ocated <br />northeast cf the Cave of the winds and it is my understanding <br />tnat they 215o employ blasting techniques for their mining. The <br />puestion arises: What is the effect should two blasts from these <br />mines be set off simuLtaneous'_y? Tne extremely rar=_ and .fragile <br />structures located within the caves of the Cave of the l;~inds <br />could be destroyed should there pe any unnatural vibrations 'in <br />