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.. ~ <br />111CMARD D. LAMN <br />rove,nu, ~~ <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />. <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br /> Department of Natural Rewuraes <br /> 1313 9terman Street ~ Room 01e <br /> Denver, Cploradp 8020:1 <br /> Adminittration 130318823681 <br /> Ground Water 130318923587 <br />March 17, 1977 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: HARRIS SHERMAN, SECRETARY, MINE'S LAND RECLAMATION <br />FROM: DR. JERLS A. DANIELSON, DEPUTY STAT>: ENGINEER <br />t:::' ~,,..r <br /> <br />SUBJECT: DELTA SAND 6 GRAVEL PIT #3, DELTA ^OUNT$, APPLICATION <br />FOR MINING AND RECLAMATION PERh'!I; <br />As requested by your office, we have reviewed the application for a <br />gravel operation at the conflsence of Minnesota Creek and the North <br />Fork of the Gunnison River near Paonia. This area is so critically <br />short of water that the Division of Water Resources presently denies <br />all permits for tributary wells upstream from Hotchkiss. The proposed <br />mining operation could add approximately one acre of surfaoe area to <br />an existing 2.6 acre lake. Evaporation losses from the one-acre <br />surface would amount to only 2 to 2.5 acre-feet per year, but even <br />this small amount should be replaced. We, therefore, recommend <br />approval of the operation with the condition that, if the Stage 3 area <br />is developed, evaporation losses~wlll be replaced. <br />ti. ~ M 1~~~1t~t <br />A. Danielson <br />JAD/SSH : mvf <br />cc: Ralph Kellinq <br />