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Mr. William C. York-Feirn 2 <br />On January 17 and 18, 1992, Keeter Trucking hauled 436 tons of Cross mine <br />development ore from the Valmont Mill in Boulder to the Gold Hill Mill. COM, Inc.'s <br />on-site Mill Superintendent, J. Wayne Tatman, has asserted in his March 24, 1992, response <br />letter that Tom Hendricks sold him 400 tons of "monzonite" for $10.00 per ton. I understand <br />that the purchase price was actually $5,000. Mr. Tatman has stated on several occasions that <br />this material was being used in the Gold Hill Mill for pH control, and would have us believe <br />that this ore was used as a reagent in the milling process. Since I do not possess a degree in <br />alchemy, I find it difficult to understand just how this gold-silver ore from the Apache vein at <br />the Cross mine has been converted into a milling reagent. I do know that $5,000 would buy <br />enough soda ash to process 20,000 tons of ore at the proper pH levels. Since the Bueno ore <br />and a large part of the Cash mine stockpile had already been fed through the mill before Tom <br />Hendricks' "monzonite" arrived at the mill, one has to wonder what other ore was being <br />processed in the mill that necessitated the importation of such a costly reagent. In fact, <br />concentrates were produced from the milling of this ore, and this is nothing more than a <br />ridiculous subterfuge on the part of Mr. Tatman. I hope that the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Boazd treats this assertion by COM, Inc.'s Mil] Superintendent in the manner that it deserves. <br />Very truly yours, <br />Mark A. Steen <br />Gold Hill Ventures <br />cc. Mi Vida Enterprises <br />Cosmos Resources <br />Colina Oro Molina <br />Mr. Rodney Knutson <br />Mr. John R. Henderson <br />Mr. Richard H. Fraser <br />Mr. Bob Mason <br />