GENERAL51238

• Permit No: M1977248
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/9/1997
• Doc Name: Request an Extension
• From: DMG
• To: Telluride Mining Co. Inc.
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmem of Natural Resources
1373 Sherman St., Room 275
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: (.303) 832-87 Ob
Septernber 9, 1997 /
Ms. Sue Carter (/
Telluride Mining Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 554
Norwood, CO 81423
RE: C-JD-5 Mine, Permit No. M-77-248
Dear Ms. Carter:
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STATE OF COLORADO
DENVER OFFICE
AfC1BLIC FILE COPY
FILE: M - 7 ~- ~ 5~8
SITE: C-1D-5
x~souRCEs
Roy Romer
Governor
lames 5. Lochhead
Executive Director
Michael 8. Lang
Division Director
This letter is in response to your August 29, 1997 correspondence regarding a request for an extension
to the corrective action due date for submittal of additional financial warranty for the C-JD-5 Mine.
The Division will grant one (1) 60 day extension, to November 12, 1997, to allow Telluride Mining Co.
or the current permittee, Blake Mining Co., sufficient additional time to comply with the increased
financial warranty requirement. Please be aware that the permit transfer will not be final until Telluride
Mining Co. has completed the Succession of Operator process by providing the increased financial
warranty amount. If the increased financial warranty amount is not provided to and accepted by the
Division by the November 12, 1997 deadline, the succession of operator will be denied and Blake
Mining company will remain the permittee. In this event, Blake Mining Co. will be responsible for
providing the increased financial warranty amount by the November 12, 1997 deadline. If Blake
Mining Co. does not provide an acceptable increased financial warranty to the Division by November
12, 1997, the Division may proceed with an enforcement action against Blake Mining Co. for failure
to provide sufficient financial warranty within the statutory 60 day period.
As you know, the required financial warranty increase from the currently held amount of 52,650.00
to a new required bond amount of 521,865,00 was identified by the Division in an inspection report
for the site dated June 12, 1997. A copy of that report was forwarded to you this last June, and an
additional copy is attached to this letter for your reference.
Please be aware that the November i 2, 1997 due date represents the final deadline for receipt of and
acceptance by the Division of the increased financial warranty amount for the C-JD-5 Mine. The
Division will grant no additional time extensions beyond the November 12, 1997 deadline.
The permit transfer process has not been completed because the applicant for the succession of
operator, Telluride Mining Co., Inc., elected to have the Division recalculate the required financial
warranty amount prior to final approval of the transfer. As such, the current permittee remains Blake
Mining Co. and any enforcement actions taken by the Division to secure adequate financial warranty
will, until the permit transfer is approved, be taken against Blake Mining Co. and not Telluride Mining
Co. Also, please be aware that the financial warranty increase will be required regardless of whether
the Succession of Operator and Permit Transfer is approved or denied.