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<br />9/26/74. R65,T15,530. SOUTH OF WIDEFIELD AND NORTH OF MESA <br />ROAD. OPERATION WAS TO LAST TILL 12/31/75 IN ORDER TO SUPPLY <br />250,000 YARDS OF MATERIAL FOR HIGHWAY 16 OVERPASS. STATE <br />PERMIT M-74-108 LISTED AS TERMINATED. AREA HAS WEED GROWTH. <br />AL-74-019 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS- GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS <br />PIT <br />STATUS: ASSUMED OPERATIONALLY TERMINATED- LEGAL STATUS <br />COMPLICATED BY RECENT EVENTS. BCC APPROVED 20 ACRE MINING <br />OPERATION 9/26/74 UNCONDITIONALLY ON AN BO ACRE <br />PROPERTY. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANTS STATED IN STATE <br />APPLICATION THAT MINING WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY <br />12/31/75. T12S,R68W,512, SEQTR OF SWQTR. MLRB PERMIT # <br />M-74-083 IS SHOWN AS APPLICATION BEING IN REVIEW. THIS IS <br />THE OLD GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS DUMP SITE (APPARENTLY CLOSED IN <br />ABOUT 1972), ACCORDING TO A FILE MEMO FROM MARK GEBHART D. <br />8/15/88, THE PROPERTY HAD NOT BEEN RECLAIMED BY THE STATE <br />HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND MORE THAN 20 ACRES (MAYBE 29) WERE <br />DISTURBED. THERE IS ANTECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS A <br />MAJOR LAPSE IN MINING. THE HIGHWAY DEPT. WAS CONTEMPLATING A <br />TRANSFER TO GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS (FOR INCOME PURPOSES) ONLY <br />IF EPC AND THE MLRD SAID THE ORIGINAL PERMIT WAS STILL VALID. <br />OUR STAFF POSITION WAS THAT A NEW PERMIT WOULD BE NEEDED. <br />THERE WAS A RECENT REQUEST BY THE MAGASTRELLI~S TO HAVE A <br />HOME CARE FACILITY LOCATED ON THE SITE. <br />AL-74-020 FOUNTAIN SAND AND GRAVEL- HOLDING PIT <br />STATUS: PROBABLY OPERATIONALLY ABANDONED AS MLRB PERMIT <br />#M-74-10 I~$ LISTED AS TERMINATED. IN ANY CASE THIS PROPERTY <br />HAS BEEN ANNERED AS PART OF BANNING LEWIS ANNEXATION TO <br />COLORADO SPRINGS A 5-YEAR LEASE WAS REPRESENTED IN THE <br />9/26/74 BCC APPROVAL. R65, T13, 528, PART OF E. HALF, OF E <br />HALF OF W HALF, 20 ACRES LYING N. OF THE ROCR ISLAND <br />RAILROAD. MAY BE IN PARCEL 5300000277 WHICH IS 1,200 ACRES <br />OWNED BY WESTERN SAVINGS AND LOAN AND USED FOR GRAZING. JIM <br />GEARY, CEO DOES NOT RECALL ANYTHING GOING IN AND OUT OF THIS <br />SITE IN YEARS. VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ANY MINING IN 1987 <br />J-11 AIR PHOTO. <br />AL-79-021 FOUNTAIN SAND AND GRAVEL- CIMARRON PIT <br />STATUS: PROBABLY OPERATIONALLY AND LEGALLY ABANDONED. IT IS <br />IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND MLRB PERMIT # M-74-102 IS SHOWN AS <br />TERMINATED. BCC APPROVAL HEARING OF 9/26/74 INCLUDED <br />REPRESENTATIONS THAT THIS WAS A 3-YEAR LEASE OPERATION IN <br />CONJUNCTION WITH SITE PREPARATION AND CONDITION THAT NO <br />PROCESSING WOULD BE DONE ON SITE. R66,T12,S33, W2 OF NW4 OF <br />SE4 AND E2 OF NE4 OF SW4 15 ACRES, 623.33, 5300000203. NOW <br />IN CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS BRIARGATE ADDITION #4. NO CLEAR <br />EVIDENCE OF MINING IN 1987 AIR PHOTOS. <br />AL-74-023 JANITELL, JOHN JR. - JANITELL PIT (PLEASE NOTE THAT <br />THERE IS MORE THAN ONE OF THESE) <br />STATUS: UNDETERMINED BUT ASSUMED TO BE TERMINATED AS THIS WAS <br />