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Page 2 of 3 <br />the pit we get material for filling in previous dug holes and stone for holding erosion and to <br />improve the roads and the over all condition of our property. This is what most of our <br />mining is about. <br />No 3. If you read my special land use permit no where does it say anything about mining. <br />We asked at the time for a reclamation permit that we could do land repair and recreational <br />prospecting and that is true today. Nothing has changed! Mining is a profession, it is <br />something you do for a living and we do not. The land use permit also has words that say <br />recreational zone. These words were put there at my request. No where in my land use <br />permit does it say that all mining and related activities were to cease in October 1995. <br />Those are your words, closest to that statement is all to expire in October 1995. Currently I <br />have the right to recreational prospect on my land, currently I have the right to do <br />reclamation on my land, plant grass, plant trees and fill in holes. <br />Mr. Reimer, you enjoy the luxury of receiving compensation or salary for all this time <br />consuming correspondence that is never ending. It's called your job. On the other hand I <br />have many permits that require hours of work and concentration to be able to correspond to <br />the different agencies, I receive nothing. I feel sad that another minute or hour of my life <br />ticks away in such a wasteful use of human life. <br />No.4. The two items you have mentioned, 30 ft. wall is the pre existing old pit and 1/4 mile <br />away is the area we have open for recreational prospecting for friends and visitors years <br />ago. Our property is rectangle and from corner to corner is approximately one mile long. <br />This area where the visitor's prospect is also pre disturbed. This part is where the <br />amendment is being applied for but not to mine. This area has been seriously mined in the <br />1940's. Of the 161+ acres our best figure of land disturbance by the old miners was about <br />12% or 20 acres. By looking at any forest service map the disturbed area is indicated by <br />state identifying markers. <br />No 5. Good! But keep in mind it is our opinion, that the 1872 mining laws are still in <br />effect! <br />No 6. Your question, why are we expanding to 9.9 acres if not mining the additional 6.0 <br />acres. The answer to that question is in 1992 we purchased from the state a permit called <br />110(2) that was a 9.9 acre permit for mining and reclamation. We were told that a 110(2) <br />was only 3 acres. We paid a permit price that was fora 9.9 acres. We only received a 3 acre <br />permit area we could mine or prospect/reclamation but we were not allowed to dump any <br />tailings beyond those boundaries, dig any holes, fill in any holes, do any reclamation out <br />side of that effected area. We are not allowed to prospect or do any type of disturbance. <br />don't we all want what we pay for? If a mistake is made that is understandable but be a man <br />and make it right! That is why the DMG is giving us a free amendment with a time limit. <br />Normally there is a $875.00 fee to amend your permit! As I told you earlier we are still <br />working in the same 3 acres that we started in. It's not that we need more prospecting or <br />mining area, it's the principal. This has caused us all kinds of problems through the years. <br />If you still don't understand, picture yourself going into the grocery and purchasing a dozen <br />eggs and you open the box at the check out to find there is only 9 eggs in there but you was <br />1/9/2006 <br />