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ISLA.94-421 <br />(8LM's-June 3, 1987, Letter to MCR (emphasis added).) <br />A maroranchan frran the District Manager to the State Director provides <br />additional backgrourui and further reveals HLM's motivation in establishing <br />the ccmnuiity pit: <br />Mid-Continent's primary market for the quarzy [w~'n the Tiger, <br />Lyme and Lion claims were valid] was as a supply of locatable- <br />grade limestone to the ccs~any' s rock dust plant. >n Carb~dale, <br />Colorado where the rock was pulverized and sold as rock dust for <br />coal mines. A large captive market for this use existed in the <br />form of Mid-Continent's own coal mines within its Coal Basin <br />Mines Ca~lex west of Redstone, Colorado. * * * Since the locat- <br />grade limestone for qualifyiria end-uses. This situation was <br />closely monitored by this office and was held to be in ca~li- <br />ance until the quarry ceased operation earlier this year. <br />* * * * * * * <br />This office is very concerned as to the State's pending <br />disposal of the Carbondale mr~c dust plant. For the State to <br />recover even a fraction of the stated bond value of this prop <br />($3 million) it is essential that the plant be marketed for i' <br />hirrficet anri hcet Pico - hhic lroinrr ac a rnrk tfi icY nlant in itc <br />vicinity of the plant. The only such source is the Glenwood <br />Springs limrestone quarry fornerly operated by Mid-Continent. V] <br />Notwithstanding BLM's desire to secti~re a supply source for the rock <br />dust, it is clear that if the mina,al material is of such quality that its <br />marketability would justify its classification as locatable under 30 U.S.C. <br />§ 611 (1994), the limestone would be subject to disposition under the min- <br />ing laws. <br />148 TRT.A 374 <br />dance with a Solicitor's Opinion on this type of waste material, <br />