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8703 Bonhomme <br />HoustoM Texas 77074 <br />(713) 995-7045 <br />Telecopier ., <br />(713) 995-7191 <br />January I6, 2003 <br />Law Offices of <br />Jim Tatum & Associates <br />;',:, <br />f~,.r <br />. -.~~... <br />RECEIVED <br />Mr. Dan Hemandez ,nn~ <br />Division of Minerals and Geology ~AM Z a <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 T; ,, n,t;;,n;;ats°f~~Ge°t°~ <br />RE: Tatum -Basin Resources, Inc. -Wyoming Fuel <br />Mr. Hemandez: <br />P.O. Box 28 <br />12630 Hwy. 12 <br />Weston, Colorado 81091 <br />(719) 868-3310 <br />Telecopier <br />(719) 868-2612 <br />Thank you very much for the paperwork regazding the impact upon our property. <br />We need to address the following issues: <br />1. The drilling of the large dialneter vertical shaft on our property neaz the <br />long wall resulted in our water well close to the works going dry. Our <br />concerns about the impact of this large airshaft were pointed out in writing <br />long before [he shaft was installed and we have always been told that the <br />airshaft was completely cased all the way to the bottom. If this had <br />been done, the water bearing fonnation in which we have wells should not <br />have been damaged. The well closest to the airshaft is ruined and the one r, <br />closer to the river is severely handicapped. <br />2. We just tried Tattun vs. Basin in cause number O1CV26 in the District <br />Court of Las Animas County Colorado. The Court ruled that Basin's <br />operations damaged our home by subsidence and damages of <br />approximately $670,000.00 and all costs and attorneys fees were awarded <br />to us. Pre judgment and post judgment interest was also awarded to us <br />resulting in a final award of $900,000 - 1,000,000. <br />3. We learned that the representation that the airshaft was cased was <br />absolutely false and perjury was committed in the first Tatum-Basin trial. <br />4. .fim and Ann Tatum own 100 percent of the mineral under our tract of <br />land. Capping off the airshaft with concrete is not sufficient. This hole <br />should have been backfilled and the water zones cemented off. X <br />