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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Depanmenl of Natural Resources I i I i tihennan A ,Room 215 Dcnvcr, CO 80207 Phone: (3011 86G .1567 F AX~ 17113187?-8106 August 12, 1993 Mr. Jim Tatum 8703 Bonhomme Houston. TX 77074 Re: Response to Letter of July 12, 1993 Basin Resources, Inc., The Golden Eagle Mine, Permit No. C-81-013 Dear Mr. Tatum: OF'~~(O <~ b re~`o Roy Romer Governor Michael 8. Long Drvivon D"tY'IOr Thank you for providing your letter of July 12, 1993 regarding your concerns with your adobe structure situated adjacent to the Purgatoire River in Las Animas County. Your letter also mentioned additional concerns with vegetation in the proximity of the Golden Eagle Mine exhaust fan. We would like to take this opportunity to provide our responses. We believe your statement that there "appears to be an effort to cover up the facts in this matter." is both inaccurate and unjustified. The Division has since November 1992 been in contact with your office, officials from Las Animas County government, representatives from various State agencies, and representatives from Basin Resources in addressing your concerns. Our responses have been derived from public files located in our offices, from our field inspections, which are well documented, from discussions with various private and public representatives, and from information submitted by your office. At no time has any part of our investigation been conducted in a manner that would imply anything but full and complete disclosure. Your letter states that, with regard to our review of the reports you provided in your May 25, 1993 letter, the Division's observations regarding your boiler and sump drain are "speculation," "untruthful," and "inaccurate." Our conclusions were derived directly from the March 8, 1993 report from Colorado Real Estate Inspection Services, Inc., which you submitted to the Division. Page 4 of that report states that "water in the sump pit was clear, making us question if there is a leak in the potable water supply or piping, which could be replenishing the sump pit...The Foreman present during this inspection was asked how often water is added to the boiler. His reply was 'daily.' This frequency of adding water to a boiler is highly irregular, unless there is a leak in the boiler's piping system which could also be a source of replenishment of sump pit." With regard to both of these items, the March 8 report on page 2 recommends the follow- ing: "retain the services of a qualified hydronic heating contractor to conduct a pressure test on the boiler and its distribution lines and make the necessary repair," "retain the services of a qualified plumbing contractor to pressure test the water pipe inside the building and all exterior water hydrants for leakage and make the necessary repair," and "retain the