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~~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />Mountain Coal Company <br />West Elk Mine <br />Post Olfice Box 591 <br />Somerset, Colorado 81434 <br />Telephone 303 929-5015 <br />Fax 303 929-5595 <br />February 04, 1994 <br />/\ <br />RFC'•~I\IF~ <br />FEB 9 ~~~4 <br />Mr. David A. Berry <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />,~ <br />Cr_._._ _ .,.,,.,~ .. ._ ... <br />Re: West Elk Mine, Permit No. C-80-007, Response the Division's Letter of January 13, 1994 <br />Regarding Larry Mautz Complaint <br />Dear David: <br />The following are Mountain Coal Company's (MCC) responses to the questions presented in <br />your letter of January 13, 1994, regarding the Larry Mautz complaint. MCC's responses are <br />provided in the same order as the questions in your letter. <br />1. MCC believes that all springs in the Lone Pine Gulch drainage that were present at the <br />time (late 1970's) were identified during the original hydrologic survey conducted by Woodward- <br />Clyde Consultants. MCC also believes that all springs present in Lone Pine Gulch as of last <br />Summer have been identified. Note that a large part of the drainage is formed of landslide debris <br />(reference "Photogeologic Map of the Jumbo Mountain Area," [ntrasearch, Inc., September 29, <br />1993) and that springs in the area have been documented (prior to mining) to have relocated (e.g., <br />G-26 to G-26a) due to landslide activity. Monitoring of spring G-26 was in fact discontinued in <br />1986, because landslides blocked access in Lone Pine Gulch. Spring CR-12, the adjudicated right <br />called Jrrrnbo Mountain Spring No. 3 Pond, was identified and mapped in an area below the F- <br />seanl outcrop (outside the original affected permit area and not affected by subsidence). <br />2. MCC believes that the description provided ir1 question No. 2 of the Division's letter of <br />January 13, 1994, and as shown on Map 2 of MCC's permit C-80-007, is current and accurate. <br />3. Yes, MCC believes that all "structures" in Lone Pine Gulch have been inventoried and <br />have been described in the permit document as suggested by the Division. As was stated in <br />MCC's original permit document, the structure inventory presented did not include structures or <br />remnants of such located below the F-seam outcrop (outside the original affected permit area). <br />The structure remnants in Lone Pine Gulch were not previously included with the discussions of <br />the Sylvester Gulch and upper meadow remnants For this reason. A map of the locations of these <br />"structures" is included with the archaeology report in Exhibit 10 of MCC's permit document. <br />