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DA.\1EL F. BERNAi:1 I~I'. IZ~;,IZI~ I:1 ~~~~ 1 RICfIARD Y. LI'OSr.L ``-, * C. ~[)I)IS ll 1~ 1I-I - ?•9900 ..... ~.~- ~: •. t.I003 JEFrRrv! xAnr : : l, lour w c.iADars -- - -- flR.ADLEI'A.HAIi. .t I'lt 1?: Et.ill~•. ~. . I~F'~~7".1 i1''. •,: LLu sd Jrnv: srEt~ n F. rEt~ERS V ~'~. ~:.. WErDI' SLEc RliDrtl; LvFUA:u~ r, iU e0502Ar76 AM'OY V Dx'0(tAK ADELE L. REESTk:R Stmt nldtcrn MAIXt1A'E F. S. WA1I.ACE SECbrD FLOOR SIS RISLBARK STREF'T t;vt: t cAt.'Ftc[ n E-MAIL: rtwc/loca®61Qlow.m~ December 19, 2003 Ms. Erica Crosby fitt:~I VItU Divisum of Siincrals and Gcolocc 1313 Sherman Svect, Rnt. 21 > ` DEC 2 2 2003 Denver, CO S0203 Diyieion at tdinerete end GeoloOy Re: Amendment to Shax' Pit Mining Plan (M-2001-094) Dl.'af L:riea: As you know, I represent the G(xlding Ditch Company, the Smith ~ Emmons Ditch Company, and the Rural Ditch Company (the "Ditch Companies"). Tht: Ditch Companies reviewed Lafarge West, Int.'s ("Lafarge") Application for Amendment of the Shaw Pit ;Mining and Reclamation Plan ("Amendment") and summit the following comments. EASEMENT Idaho Creek is not a natural sveam but is a carrier ditch used by the Ditch Companies and oe~ners of the Carr 3c "1}•ler Ditch, the Flauck No. 2 Ditch and the Delehant Ditch to cam• irrigation water from Boulder Creek to the individual ditch headgates. As a result, the Ditch Companies own a prescriptive easement for the operation and maintenance of Idaho Creek as it runs through the Shat+• pntpcrty. The Ditch Companies' easement, which equals 130-feet-wide being 65-feet-wide on each side of Idaho Creek, must remain undisturbed by Lafarge's mining operation. Lafarge must not be pcrnutted to mine withtn the casement. In addition, Lafarge cannot restrict the Ditch Companies' access to the casement and restrict the Ditch Companies' movement within the easement by blocking access with construction materials, machinery or other items. S'fABILITI' ANA!-YS[S The Ditch Companies hired Teva Tech R:~fC to review the stabilin• analyses submitted by Scott, Cox ~ :\ssociates, Ine. dated October 15, 2003, and August 22, 2001, to insure that Lafarge's proposed mining would not, in fact, jeopazdize the stability andlor operation of Idaho Creek as a carrier ditch. Please find enclosed Tetra Tech's letter dated December I, 2003, that paves questions that Lafarge must be required to address prior to the llivision of Minerals and Geology making a determination on whether to approve or to deny the amendment.