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-. <br /> <br />STATE M.ia9a~v~f5 <br />OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St, Room 215 C O L O RA D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V l 5 I O N o r <br />MIN <br />RAL S <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 E <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 G E O L O G Y <br /> REC LA NATION•MINING <br /> SAFETY•SCIENCE <br />September 20, 2005 <br /> Bill Owens <br /> Governor <br />Mr. Jim Van Ella and Mrs. Deanna Van Ella <br /> Russell George <br />P.O. BOX 2221 ERecutive Director <br />Granite, Colorado 81228 Ronald W. Cattany <br /> Division Director <br />RE: Response to your letter dated September 9, 2005 Natual Resource Trustee <br />Dear Mr. and Mrs. Van Ella <br />Question #1: <br />I believe most of this question was addressed in my most recent correspondence to you. We may <br />discuss it further upon my visit to your site. (When Mr. Mount returns to the Office we will <br />make arrangements with you to visit your site.) However, I would like to restate that when we <br />visit the site, you might, if you so choose, reset the permit boundary stakes such that the total <br />acreage does not exceed the permitted 3.0 acres. (You state 2.8 in your September 9, 2005 letter, <br />however our files indicate you are approved for 3.0 acres.) Mr. Mount will have a GPS unit with <br />us that will allow the determination as to when we reach 3.0 acres. (We will agree that that level <br />of precision is sufficient for the 3.0 acres determination.) Given the extensive disturbance at the <br />site caused by others and no real documentation on the limits of that disturbance, we will depend <br />on you to delineate for us what your mining related disturbance is. As an alternative, you may <br />agree to use the GPS information that Mr. Mount obtained at the August 23, 2005 inspection. <br />Please be awaze that the Mined Land Reclamation act does require that you be responsible for <br />any previously disturbed areas that you re-affect. I also understand that there aze roads at the site <br />that you do not wish to be responsible for and that you use. The Mined Land Reclamation Act <br />says that if you significantly up-grade a previously existing road, it shall be part of the permitted <br />area and you are responsible for its reclamation. However, since you own the property upon <br />which you are mining, if you provide us a letter and a map that identifies the roads you wish left <br />for use as a landowner, once mining and reclamation are complete, those acres of roads may be <br />deleted from your affected azea. The road map included in the incomplete amendment <br />application maybe used for this purpose if you so choose. <br />We cannot approve additional acres of affected area over and above the 3.0 acres unless you file <br />an amended application. The Mined Land Reclamation Act prevents us from granting approval <br />unless you successfully complete the amendment application process and post additional <br />reclamation bond for the additional disturbance related to additional mining activity if additional <br />bond is needed. As I indicated in my previous letter, we will be more than happy to waive the <br />amendment application fee if that is helpful to you. <br />Office of <br />Mined land Reclamation <br />Office of <br />Active and Inactive Mines <br />Colorado <br />Geological Survey <br />