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HISTORY AND OBJECTIVES <br />NEIL AND JUDY SPRAGUE HAVE HEEN IIdVOLVID IN STONE QUARRY OPERATIONS <br />SINCE ABOUT 1954 , FIRST AS A QUARRIER FOR COLORADO STONE, THEN WE STARTED OUR <br />OWN BUSINESS, KNOWN RS BERTHOUD PINK STONE COMPANY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER , WE <br />PURCHASED PROPERTY, F(RST, IN CARTER LAKE AREA OR OPERATING STONE QUARRIES, <br />THEN WE PURCHACED 10.12 ACRES IN LYON OM DAN WATERS, FOR THE SAME <br />REASON. THE ADDITIONAL 49.67 ACRES WAS PURCHASED IN 1973 TO PROVIDE A LARGER <br />BUFFER ZONE FOR THE E}v?ANDING MOUNTAINOUS RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. AT THIS TIME WE <br />WOULD LIICE TO SET ASIDE ALL THE LAND WE NOW OWN IN THE AREA TO PROTECT AND <br />~ PRESERVE THE NATURAL 12ESOURSES THAT TT CONTAIIJS. THE RIGHT TO QUARRY STONE ON <br />~` <br />THESE PREMISES WAS GRANTED BY PATENT ON MAY 11, 1899, IN BOOK 100 AT PAGE 121 AND <br />MAY 2, 1889, IN BOOK 75 ON PAGE 469. IT MAY, AT SOME TIME, HAVE A RESIDENCE ON IT, BUT <br />AT THIS TIIvIE, IT IS NCYI' E1vIINENT. <br />THE HISTORY OF THE LYONS AREA HAS BEEN BUQ,T ON THE RED SANDSTONE INDUSTRY. <br />IT SADDENS US WHEN PEOPLE BUY LAND, MOVE INTO THIS BEAUT (F'IJL, HISTORIC AREA , <br />BUII.D A BEAUTIFUL HOMIi, THEN GO OUT TO THEIR PORCH OR PATIO TO LOOK AT THE VEIW, <br />AND TO THEIIt DISMAY, D]SCOVER WORKING STONE QUARRIES IN THE AREA WE THINK THE <br />QUARRIES ARE HEAUTIFUI, AND REMINESIANI' OF THE MANY MEN AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE <br />DEPENDED UPON THEM FOR THEIR SUSTAINANCE AND LIVELIHOOD FOR THESE MANY YEARS. <br />THERE ARE NUMEROUS LP.RGE PILES OF RIP-RAP STONES SURROUNDING THE ENTII2E VALLEY, <br />THAT MAKE A RESOUNDAIG DECLARATION OF THEII2 PREVIOUS PRESENCE. <br />WE, AT ARKINS PARK STONE, WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION OF <br />NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS IN RESOLVING ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS BY EITHER <br />GIVING US A PHONE CALL OR BY CONTACTING US PERSONALLY, RATHER THAN SENDING <br />ANONYMOUS LETTERS TO LOCAL OR STATE OFFICES. WE'RE SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER <br />