GENERAL40048

• Permit No: M1977326
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 1/16/1997
• Doc Name: MEMO SILOAM PIT PUEBLO COUNTY
• To: FILE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

MEMO TO FILE
Date: January 16, 1997
Operator: Colorado Refractories Corp.
RE: Siloam Pit, Pueblo County

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Specialist: Tom Schreiner
File No.: M-77-326
Type of Interaction: Telephone [phone]
Persona Contacted & Affiliation: Ferd Mueller, Siloam Stone Company
Summary and Resolution of Interaction:
Ferd Mueller owned Colorado Refractories Corp, then sold stock and
ownership including mineral leases to BMI-France in Pittsburgh, PA
in August 1990
Upon completion of the sale, Adience (parent company) took over and
assumed responsibility for the permit
In 1990 Adience, Inc. reassigned the mineral lease for decorative
rock, rip rap, and building stone to Ferd Mueller who retained
Siloam Stone Company, a subsidiary of Colorado Refractories Corp.
Since 1990 Ferd Mueller has acted as a consultant to Adience, Inc.
and has performed some minor stone work
In 1996 Siloam Stone Company removed moss rock and large decorative
slabs from a small area between the County Road and the pre-1976
pit.
Mr. Mueller admitted that he was responsible for 3 distinct cuts
each with an upper bench. The face of the cut was 400 linear feet
and the bench was 100 feet wide. Mr. Mueller estimated each cut
was 1.0 acre in size.
Colorado Refractories Corp. was responsible for establishing 2 clay
stockpiles near the site entrance. A large 9000 ton clay stockpile
has been on site since 1966-1989. A smaller 800 ton clay stockpile
to the south was also created by Colorado Refractories Corp. prior
to 1990. Small quantities of each stockpile have been sold and
removed by BMI-France since August, 1990.
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