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GALLERY ARTPOS~ <br />at <br />Itty Bitty Lakes <br />P. O. Box X47 <br />Coaldale, CO 81222 <br />719-942-4389 <br />parkersC~coaldale-co.us <br />~~~ <br />~pR'd~~1 s~~ <br />division ~6?0 <br />of 4I <br />R9inin9 a d~sa a yon <br />April 2, 200'7 <br />Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety ~ `~O~c~k"` ` _ <br />t3i3 Sherman St., Rm 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 «t ' <br />Re: Proposed re-opening of the Coaldale Gypsum Quarry by Holcim Mining Corp <br />To Whom This Concerns, <br />Please do not allow Holcim to reopen the Coaldale Gypsum Quarry. <br />As a Coaldale resident and businessman for over twenty three years, I have been <br />a part of the community both with the quarry operational and after it was closed. <br />After the mine was closed, the miners left, retired or died. The residents were <br />told the mine would never operate again, The equipment was shipped to other <br />mines in Texas. Many years of intense reclamation work was done. The mine was <br />then supposedly sold for a song to a private individual and was to be developed <br />into residential parcels. Coaldale had ceased to be a mining community. <br />During the almost twenty years the mine has been closed many new residents <br />have moved in. These people are not miners. They moved here because of the <br />incredible beauty of this valley, its offerings of tranquility, water sports, camping, <br />mountain hiking, and the arts. They moved here for quality of life. <br />Holcim will damage that quality of life. The following are just some of the ways <br />that damage will occur: <br />• Increased traffic at the dangerous intersection of CR6 & Hwy 50; and by <br />Post Office exit, daily placing lives at risk. <br />Increase in slow heavy truck traffic on Hwy 5o through the narrow <br />Bighorn Sheep Canyon. <br />• Disruptions for the ~50,00o annual visitors to the Upper Arkansas <br />Headwaters State Park that runs along Hwy 5o through Bighorn Sheep <br />Canyon. <br />• Added risks to school children and school busses walking and traveling <br />along the proposed haul route from the Quarry through Coaldale, then <br />through the almost thirty miles of State Park in the canyon. <br />• Potential traffic impediment to fire and emergency vehicles. <br />• Increased road damage on CR6 & Hwy 5o to Canon City. Fremont County <br />is already declaring they have no monies for road maintenance. <br />