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~; ~,-'. March 28, 2003 v RECEIVED ~ MAR i 12003 -' J ~~ /Division of Minerals and Geology f~ ~~~~ Ow~sionofMineralsandGeofaeY 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 ~ Denver, Colorado 80203 ~~jj Re: Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt, Inc. ~ /~~~pf~~ ~c~/fNG~s 1910 Rand Avenue Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 ~,rhv~,/,e-~_ ~~~L~ Gent] emen: l/ v v'~y- On March 14, 2003, we received, with letter dated February 25, 2003, Public Notice from the above company regarding filing an application for a Regular 112 Construct- ion Materials Operations Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Con- struction Materials. The proposed mine is known as the Penrose Ranch's, and is located at or near Sections 18, 19, 20, 30, 31, 32, Township 19 South, Range 68 West, 6th Prime Meridian. This property is northwest of our property, which is: Nl4;NW',SW;, (T-9]) Section 5, Township 20 South Range 68 West of the 6th P.M. The proposed Commencement is May 1, 2003, and the proposed date of completion is Life of the Mine. Not being familiar with the terminology "Life of the Mine", we assume it means the permit would be in effect as long as there were materials on the land to be mined which could mean indefinitely, or forever; and the proposed future use of the land would be rangeland, or grazing land for cattle, which also could mean it may never be used for that purpose, as they intend to mine this land for gravel with no end date set for the permit's termination. It is further stated comments must be received by the Division of Minerals and Geol- ogy by 4:OD p.m. on April 8, 2"u03; and, although Rocky Fountain states comments are not subject to your Office's Jurisdiction, we are still addressing our objections and complaints to you. Since we have no information on this matter prior to receiving the PUBLIC NOTICE from Rocky Mountain Materials on the date above; and were unaware of what their intentions were, we never addressed and voiced our objections to the local government. Also, due to the weather and shortness of time, we were unable to obtain full in- formation on this from the Canon City Court House; therefore, complaints made herein are solely from the information noted in the Public Notice. In the April 26, 2001 issue of the Pueblo Chr.eftain, there was an article referring to property in that area stretching almost to Hardscrabble Creek (which our property has been referred to as being near) which, after reading the article, gave us the impression that some of that land might be developed and added to a recreation area which would increase the value of all the property in that area.