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:i <br />;~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Memo <br />TO: Bruce Smith <br />Water Commissioner, Water District 11 <br />CC: Bill Tyner, Division 2 Office <br />Carl B. Mount, DMG <br />FROM: Don West <br />DATE: December 21, 2005 <br />SUBIECT: GOLD BASIN MINE (DMG NO. M-1992-045) <br />Attached you will find the DWR recommendation to Division of Minerals and <br />Geology that no favorable action be taken to a DMG amendment request for the <br />Gold Basin Mine until the applicant submits a water supply report. After reviewing <br />this file, I also suspect that the applicant may be diverting water out of priority and <br />may need a substitute water supply plan or a plan for augmentation to operate. <br />Papers provided by DMG consist of a water right in case no. 86CW79 (See <br />attached.) You may need to perform a site visit and review the decree to see if the <br />applicant is operating within the limits of the decree. Since the decree is junior to <br />all other decrees prior to 1986, it seems unlikely that the applicant can operate in <br />priority under case no. 86CW79. It may be necessary to initiate enforcement <br />actions through the Division Office if the applicant is operating out of priority. <br />Please provide a copy of any field inspection reports to Carl Mount at the DMG for <br />their files. Feel free to contact me if I can be of any further assistance. <br />OFFICE OF TILE STATE ENGINEER DON WEST <br />Division of Water Resources Water Resources Engineer <br />Department of Natural Resources Telephone: 303/866-3581 <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 Fax: 303/866-3589 <br />Denver, CO 80203 E-mail: don.west@state.co.us <br />