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Salem Minerals Inc. <br />P.O. Drawer I <br />611 Water St. <br />Silver Plume, CO 80476 <br />Tel. 303-569-0155 <br />Fax 303-569-0156 <br />DMG Durango Office / <br />Attn: Wallace Erickson <br />701 Camino del Rio, Room 125 <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />`n <br />o ~~~~ <br />F~~s ~~ <br />~'B'a.. ~ <br />ci ?n~~ <br />4'UrrduG '~,nE as $ ~Ce <br />GQ%9Y <br />s <br />r~ <br />December 15, 2003 l <br />Re: Sunnyside Permit M-77-378 Proposed AM -O5~ <br />We object to the proposed amendment to this MLRD permit on the following Bounds: <br />I. The area of Gladstone, CO is entirely unsuitable for apost-mining industrial use designation. <br />Industrial zoning does not exist in San Juan County, and any form of industrial designation would <br />adversely impact the economic development of San Juan County through its tourism and <br />recreational economic base, as well as affect the value and enjoyment of our adjoining property, <br />which was acquired after the closure of the Sunnyside Mine and basis the existing reclamation <br />plan. Gladstone has historically been a townsite, and the projected future use of our lands in <br />Gladstone will be a return to this historic use. <br />2. The area needs to have reclamation requirements especially in terms of ground cover of the <br />barren, high exposure hillsides which aze composed of mine dumps and highly acidic Bound. The <br />area certainly falls under the definition of affected mine lands in the 1976 Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act, and it is certainly under the spirit of the Mined Land Reclamation Act that a site <br />so heavily affected by mining activity should receive reclamation in terms of ground cover, <br />Bading and water quality issues. <br />3. The barren hillsides are not erosion stable in the long term, as they are typically approx. a I : l <br />slope (rather than the gentler slope required by MLRD), and may not receive the ongoing <br />maintenance that the site has received in the past from the operating company. <br />4. We believe that the issues regarding this site are adequately addressed in Amendment 4 of the <br />above referenced permit, and a re-visitation of these issues is not in the interest of the people of <br />San Juan County. <br />For Salem Minerals Inc.,. <br />Todd C. Hennis, Pres. <br />