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• iii iiiiuiiiiiiiiii • P. 0. Box #165 La Veta, Colorado 81055 August 15, 1994 Mr. Larry D. Oehler Environmental Protection Specialist DIVISION OF MINERALS b GEOLOGY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street - Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Mr. Oehler: In response to your request for further information: Mining Plan Map The engineer, Mr. Adams, clearly described the area to be mined and t:he small area to the Southeast of the area ~.. that is used for stockpiling of material; he included a written description, as well. The owners of record - from the tax rolls - are the owner of the pit - Jacque Goemmer, who is also the owner of the substance mined. The road wi].1 remain - it is used to feed cattle and/or maintain the ditches; the other road on the West of the permit area is an acces;~ ingress/egress road for Martin and Davis. The scale is used foi- the livestock operation, etc. it will remain. It is my understainding from Mr. Oehler that the stockpiles, etc. must remain within the permitted area - at least those that pertain to the gravel operation. The materia]. is mined toward the North and down into the earth. Pictures of the area and mining operation are in the file - hopefully, they can be found in the myriad of papers. The ditches are shown on the application maps, etc. as well as in some of the pictures and storm water permit application which the State Department of Health feels is not really necessary at this; time. If it is required from Mined Land perspective, plee~se advise - I felt that the $50.00 expense was not justifiecl at this time. Any work in the pre-law area is the business of the ranch for the livestock: operation as well as the haying, timbering, etc. Reclamation Plan Map The slopes of the mined area are to be no less than 3:1 slopes - please refer to pictures. This slope can be tolerated by the livestock that use the area, and we do not ~~