ENFORCE34360

• Permit No: M1983084
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 7/12/1993
• Doc Name: SNOWSTORM PLACER M & M MINING PN M-83-084 NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CESSATION
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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P.O. Bax 388
Fairplay, CO 80440
July 9, 1993
State of Colorado
Division of Minerals and Geology
Dept. of Natural Resournes
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, CO 60203

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RE: The Snowstorm Placer, M & M Mining-Permit #M 83-084
Notice of Temporary Cessation
To the Mined Land Reclamation Board;
In response to the request that M & M Mining Co. file a Notice of
Temporary Cessation, I have read through the Mineral Rules 8 Regs
in regards to cessation. I am still confussed as to why the board
inspectors are encouraging the notice of cessation.
Please allow me to explain our current situation and have the board
decide if in fact a notice of cessation is indeed warrented at this
time.
Point 1.6.2 states a permit will remain in effect as long as mineral
reserves are shown. We have geological reports both historic and
current that show a very large mineral reserve.
1.6.2 (1)(a)(iv): We only have one employee currently, myself,
Nancy Comer-Baker. Although my primary duties at this time are mostly
managerical and clerical, I do still preform testing and minor explor-
ation as the weather permits. I am currently testing the bottom of
our Pit #3 to declare if sufficient values are present to warrent
cleaning bedrock or just backfilling when full mining procedures resume.
I w; h. h~cefully gain the results we are lnokinq for.
~..G.2(1)(a)(v): We are and have been selling our stock piled material
of tailings products. Local Contractors and the City of Fairplay have
been purchasing material ocr,asi_onally even in the off mining months.
Actual extraction o,' mining material has not been preformed since 1991.
In 1992, I preformed tests on the tailings piles to determine values
lost in production. As I have stated in this letter, in 1993 I am
testing pit values. The market values of gold in the last two years
has peen a significant factor in slowing down mining operations at the
Snowstorm Placer. We are hoping that the current up-swing in price
will enable us to begin full operation soon. In the mean time, I will
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