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~~ III ~ II I II I II IIII III Post gGCe Box d71 . Boultler, Cdoratlo 80306 I 999 Land Use Department 204014tP Sheet " ldtft ~ Spruce Sheets " P,ommishatiae Semces Builtling, 2ntl Flaw ~ Oouloer. COlOraaO B030Z " (303) m7-3930 January 28, 1992 Ms. Gwen Fraser COM, Inc. 3840 West Marginal Way S.W. Seattle WA 98106-9900 Mr. Mark Steen Gold Hill Ventures Post Office Box 1523 Longmont CO 80502 Re: Gold Hill Mill To Whom It Rightly Concerns: 1"y ,. L ... = E8 0 3 199: 1 ~il -~- r `tnr~ The zoning division of the Boulder County Land Use Department has been besieged with calls and office visits by several parties over the past month regarding the status and disposition of the above referenced property. The visits and inquiries have concerned the use and function of the mill located to the east of Gold Hill. This is appazently a result of contractual disputes that have arisen between COM, Inc. and Gold Hill Ventures, it is not the County's position or role to intervene in private disputes but we are often drawn into these issues. The Zoning division, now relying upon anecdotal information supplied by both parties regarding the use of the mill and possible violations of zoning, must request that both parties provide full and factual disclosures regarding the allegations which have been raised. The principal concern at this time is the admission that ores which have not been produced on the same property have been and are proposed to be milled at this site. The permit issued for the mill in 1985 clearly states that this is not a custom mill and is only for the mining conducted on this property. The ores, which have been produced at the Bueno mine that have been shipped to this site are also potentially a problem. While it has been the policy of the County in dealing with subsurface mining to allow a generous interpretation of "affected property", the assembly of a large block of unpatented claims which create a contiguity of sorts was never the intended result of the definition or the interpretation. I would, therefore note that all off site ores, i.e. those not produced on the complex of mines located principally on Bighorn Mountain, shall not be processed at the Gold Hill Mill. You may provide me with additional clarifying information, however the route to pursue a change is to file an appeal with the Board of Adjustment. I am additionally concerned with the disposition of the mill, now in sepazate ownership. The permit was issued to Gold Hill Ventures as an accessory use to subsurface mining in the Forestry district Santly Hume Ronaltl K. Stewart Homer Pogo County Commluoner County Commlss+oner County Commissioner