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o `"`~i i`'" UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />~' -" '~ BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />° LITTLE SNAKE FIELD OFFICE <br />-^~ A 455 EMERSON STREET <br />~, , ~.a <br />CRAIG, COLORADO 81625-1129 <br />http://www. co.blm.gov/Isra/lsraindex.htm <br />~~~~ CJb~:c~ ~ <br />Plv~^ ~ <br />~ `~~ <br />~~~-w-~-~- /l4tiw. .~ ~~~l.~~s,L+ ~ . <br />S ~ a-2 ) c /G+-i~ 117 i ~, z <br />March O5, 2002 <br />CERTIFIED MAIL NO. 7000 2870 0000 3912 2289 <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br />Mr. Michael Collins <br />Mining and Minerals II, Ltd. <br />8115 Preston Road, Suite 680 <br />Dallas, Texas 75225 <br />Dear Mr. Collins: <br /> <br />In Reply Refer To: <br />3809 (170) <br />CO-016-PO-83-1 <br />RECEIVED <br />MAR 1 1 2002 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />The Joker Mining Project plan of operations (BLM casefile number, CO-016-PO- <br />83-1) was received in our office in 1983. That authorization permits <br />processing material onsite at the Joker Mill. A plan amendment in 1998 <br />permits Mining and Minerals II (M&M II) to process material at a facility in <br />Baggs, Wyoming, returning the rinsed tailings to the Joker site. This project <br />has a long history of inactivity, and since the 1998 plan amendment was <br />approved, there has been no substantially regular mining activity. In May <br />2001, a 93 CFR 3809 field compliance inspection was conducted on the above- <br />mentioned mining plan of operations, and at that time, conditions once again <br />indicated non-use for a long period of time. Communications began about this <br />time with Natural Organic Fertilizer, Inc. (NOFI) regarding doing the <br />feasibility work they needed in order to make a determination whether they <br />wished to take over the Joker Mi11 operation. Throughout the summer of 2001 <br />we requested authorization between NOFI and M&M II permitting NOFI's <br />activities under M&M II's approved plan of operations. Or. September 24, 2001, <br />you received our September 17~" letter where we permitted NOFI to continue to <br />conduct their feasibility studies for sixty (60) days before reclamation work <br />was required to initiate. This deadline expired approximately on November 24, <br />2001. We also required that within 19 days of receipt of our September 17`" <br />letter that you submit a formal letter specifically authorizing NOFI to <br />operate your Joker Mine. This deadline expired in early October. We have not <br />received that required document, and a recent compliance inspection found no <br />evidence of reclamation work. A conversation with your associate, Ms. Dorothy <br />Weaver on October 30, 2001, reached an understanding with this office that <br />this agreement between NOFI and M&M II was being expedited and would be <br />received promptly and that no work would be ongoing until this issue was <br />resolved. This office has not received the agreement document as requested <br />and as promised. NOEI is not authorized to operate the Joker Mill without <br />expressed written permission from both parties being submitted to this BLM <br />office. For NOFI to operate the Joker Mill they must also become the permit <br />holder with Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) and post a <br />