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CO[KTI. RTir, ED. 1989 <br />RESOIITPIQI <br />ra~~rrrrr~ ~, Z589 <br />A . R~rrrrrrN CF OPPnS1TICN 7.0 THE F~AI+STQi ~' lIII,D2~ ACPISII'lY CN PR~E[~Y <br />AD.'IIlCFIa 7U !!AHI'i90 S~L~ <br />i~AS, the Castle Concrete Concrete Comgaany with a business address of 7250 <br />Alleghany Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919, has on March 3, <br />1989, submitted an application to the Land Reclamation Board at 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, to amend its <br />regular (ll2) mining permit at the Snyder Quarry, Permit No. M77-210 <br />under provisions of the Colorado Mined Reclamation Act, C.R.S. <br />Section 34-32-101, et. seg. and the rules promilgated herewith, and <br />FOSS, the Snyder Quarry also known as the Black Canyon Quarry or the <br />Manitou Quarry contains approximately eighty acres of mined and <br />unmined property located off Colorado Highway 24, a short distance <br />to the north of the City limits of Manitou Springs, and <br />FOSS, the Castle Concrete Company intends to remove all vegetation and <br />soil from approximately 6.36 acres in the northwest corner of their <br />property to enable the mining of limestone for use as a construction <br />material, and_ _ <br />W~SS, the process of mining the limestone contemplates use of a so called <br />benching technique which will facilitate the ultimate reclamation of <br />the acreage, and <br />FMS, the process of reclaiming the acreage after the limestone has been <br />extracted inwlves the placement of rock spoils and top soil on each <br />bench level to support the growth of grasses, shrubs and trees, and <br />F~4S, from several vantage points throughout the City and the region the <br />mining work will be highly visible to residents and visitors wix~ are <br />extrem°ly sensitive to and offenae3 by, t't~e aestrarzion of natural <br />beauty inherent in the spectacular rock formations surrounding <br />Williams Canyon, and <br />F~tFAS, the Castle ~ncrete Company stipulates in its application that it <br />will be impossible to avid rocks falling into Williams Canyon and <br />that "minor visibility problems" will result Eros mining the South <br />Peak, and <br />