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III I II I II IIIIIII III Wilhel • operty 11671 Brighton Rd. Henderso• O 80640 sss June 23, 20000 REC~Ii1E® Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology Mr. Carl Mount and Mr. Tom Schreiner Room 215 JUdI i ~; ~OQ~ 1313 Sherman Street Division of Minerals & Geology Denver, CO 80203 Dear Sirs, We have lived on this land for 30 years, we always had plenty of water which led to having trees and green pastures and we have been able to raise crops.(Alfalfa and gardens.) Our water came from our imgation well that is covered under Central's Plan for Augmentation. Our permit # for 1999 was 013669F we have paid all of our fees and are up to date. That is CCWCD 3209 West 28th Street, Greeley, CO 80634 We are writing to ask for your help. We began loosing water in our well do to mining in the area. We were fine all the years that the pits were mining until they began to drain their lakes. Now we can't use our well, our trees, and pastures aze dying. We had just replanted half of our land in 95 and now we are loosing all the new grass along with the trees that were planted in 1977. We also have pictures of times the pit's equipment broke our fences and times when they piled soil that sloped into the fence high enough to leave only a foot of our post when they usually are 5 feet above ground. An easement to the back of the property has been dug out to a drop off and in other azeas has dirt piled on it. We are only a small land owner we are requesting the state to look out for our rights. We desperately need animal feed to replace our lost pasture and water to try to save what crop hasn't died. We do have some water rights through Fulton Ditch but it too is not available due to a pit. We need their cooperation in putting in a bigger covert and cleaning the ditch. This would only water the lower azea of our land it can't replace our lost ability to imgate with our sprinkler system to the higher pasture. Please look into this. Jackie Wilhelm 303-287-1949