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DEC-18-2003 15:46 FRDM:SRLEM MINERRLS INC 3035690156 <br />San Juan Corp. <br />P.O. Drawer 1 <br />611 Water St. <br />SilverPltlme,.CO 80476 <br />Ye1.303-569.0155 <br />Pax 303-569-0156 <br />Ci Durango Office v <br />Wallace Crickson <br />C:unino del Rio, Rooro 125 <br />tneo. CO 81301 <br />December l8, 2003 <br />Tclel'ax 970.247.5104 <br />Sunttyside Permit M-77-378, Proposed AM -05 <br />70:9702475104 P.002~002 <br />ea <br />~G ~~ o~& 0\09 <br />~ ~a ~~ <br />oF.e aye <br />c9 .\~w <br />O°~o``~~ <br />O'~s~oo <br />We object to the proposed atttendtnettt to this MLKD permit on the following grounds: <br />1. The area ofGladstone, CO is entirely unsuitable for apost-mining industrial use designation, <br />Industrial rnaing dues not exist in San Juan County, and any form of industrial designation would <br />adversely impact the economic dcvClopment of San Juan County through its tourism and <br />rect~eational economic base. <br />2. The area needs to have reclamation requirements especially in terms of t,NOUnd cover of the <br />barren, high exposure hillsides which are composed of mine dumps and highly acidio ground. 'I'hc <br />area certainly falls under the definition of affected mine 1<vtds in the 1976 Mined land I <br />Rtclemation Acl, and it i5 certainly under the Spirit of the Mined Land Reclamation Act that a Stec' <br />so heavily affected by mining activity should receive reclamation in terms oFground cover, <br />grading and water quality issues. Ifthe site is does not receive reclamation in the form ofground <br />cover, we believe this will impact our ability to grow vegetation on our adjoining Herbert Placer <br />panel directly below the site. <br />3. The Barron hi I Irides arc not erosion stable in the long term, as they are typically approx. a I : I <br />slope (rather than the guntkr slope n:yuircd by MI,RD), and may nut receive the ongoing <br />maintenance that the site has rc:Cnived in the past from the operating company. <br />4. We believe that the issues regarding this sift 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 Juar, County. <br />~~~~ <br />~•ry~ v <br />G~' r,Q,. <br />gyp. ^ <br />~~. <br />.~~~~ <br />For San Jttan Corp., / <br />Todd C. Hennis, Pr~~.~~r'~'' <br />