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r~a~~~-0 Two other registered 'storical sites ate Located in Section 26-T4N-R67W - SWL870, the Fort St. Vrain Siding, and L814, the Fort St. Vrain Fur Trading Post. The enclosed copy of the Land Use Plan Exhibit map, which was included with the Platte Trust's and Tom Shazkey's application and petition for annexation to the Town of Milliken, clearly shows that the Platte Trust and Tom Sharkey intend to mine sand and gravel just to the north of the Fort St. Vrain Fur Trading Post site. That gravel pit (and subsequent pond or lake) is designated on that map as Lake St. Vrain. The annexation of the Platte Trust's properties and Tom Shazkey's illegally created properties by the Town of Milliken will allow Tom Sharkey to mine sand and gravel right up to the split rail fence and survey pins, which incorrectly represent the Fort's four outside walls and the property line of the Platteville Historical Society's property. We have serious concerns about the mining of this property and the irrevocable damage that will result to the registered historical sites of the Fort St. Vrain Fur Trading Post and the Fort St. Vrain Siding, along with the site of the Town of Fort St. Vrain and its unmarked cemetery. Please see the attached copy of a referral letter from the Colorado Historical Society to the Division of Minerals and Geology and the attached documentation regarding the Fort St. Vrain Siding from the Colorado Historical Society. Also, please see the attached copy of a deed map that shows the platted Town of Fort St. Vrain and the Fort St. Vrain Fur Trading Post. A++a~ __-_ pOL. z {^ 1'/~we~J I Unmarked human graves are located on the Fort St. Vrain Fur Trading Post property, most of which is owned by the Platte Trust (Tom Sharkey). The Platteville Historical Society owns only a small piece of property that incorrectly represents the location of the Fort's four outside walls and inward that was the site of the 1840's Fort St. Vrain Indian massacre, a sacred Indian site. T'he Platte Trust (Tom Sharkey) owns the majority of the Fort St. Vrain Fur Trading Post pioperty. The Platte Trust (Tom Sharkey) also owns the surrounding property where the Town of Fort St. Vrain was located, and the Platte Trust (Tom Sharkey) owns the property where the town's unmarked cemetery is located. Because the Town of Fort St. Vrain's unmarked cemetery is located at the site of this gravel pit, we believe the mining of this property will violate the following Colorado Revised Statutes: Title to Historical, Prehistorical, and Archaeological Resources of Colorado -C.R.S. 24-80-401 through 24-80-413, Desecration of Venerated Objects-C.R.S. 18-9-113, Unmarked Human Graves -C.R.S. 24-80-1301 through 24-80-1305. C.R.S. 24-80-1301 -Definitions states: As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Commission" means the commission of Indian affairs. (2) "Disturb "means to move, open, expose, dig up, disinter, excavate, remove, curry away, damage, injure, deface, desecrate, loot, vandalize, mutilate, or destroy.