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~_~~ <br />Duane Woodard <br />Attorney General <br />Charles B. Howe <br />Deputy Attorney General <br />Joel W. Canirlck <br />Solicitor General <br />• OF CO O • <br />ISS' 'P <br />N O <br />~~9d <br />#~* <br /># •; <br />+ Jt{y0 <br />~hr ~ttttr of C~nlnrtt~du <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br />OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GEN[RAL <br />April 7, 1983 <br />Mr. Al Klein, Administrator <br />Western Technical Center <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />1020 - 15th Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80202 <br />STATE SERVICES BUILDING <br />1575 Sherman Street, 3rd. FI. <br />Denver, Colorado 80707 <br />Phone 866-3611 & 8663671 <br />RE: (New) Double Dick Mine Fire - Fremont County, Colorado <br />Dear Mr. Klein: <br />The State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (CMLRD} has <br />advised us as follows with regard to the captioned mine: <br />The (New) Double Dick Mine is located in the SE4 of Section 24, <br />Township 20 South, Range 70 West in Fremont County, Colorado. This <br />and possibly other adjacent, interconnected mines are on fire and <br />pose a serious hazard to persons who frequent the property for <br />recreational or other purposes. <br />All underground mining in the vicinity of the mine fire ceased <br />prior to the enactment of P,L, 95-87. Records from the Colorado <br />Division of Mines show nearby mining dates of operation to be: <br />a. (New) Double Dick Mine - <br />b. Canon Black Diamond Mine <br />c. Pioneer Carton ~kl, 2, & 3 <br />1929 to December, 1968; <br />- 1929 to December, 1968; <br />- 1956 to June 13, 1970. <br />All indications show that only the (New ) Double Dick Mine is <br />currently affected by the fire. <br />Development waste from a nearby active coal mining operation was <br />placed in an old strip mine pit adjacent to the burning mine during <br />1982. Although there are reports that this waste was on fire and <br />is responsible for starting the Double Dick Mine fire, there are <br />more reliable reports that the mine has been on fire for approximately <br />fifteen years. Miners who formerly worked in the (New) Double Dick <br />Mine have stated that the mine was on fire when it closed in 1968. <br />Mr. Donald Donner, with the Office of Surface Mining's Western <br />Technical Center, an acknowledged mine fire expert, visited the site <br />on July 20, 1982, Mr. Donner observed that: <br />L <br />