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Mr. Steve Ellis November 1, 1984 Page 2 claim group also includes the Amikay, JoAnne, and Yacolo un- patented lode mining claims. Access to our properties is by way of a private road with direct frontage on County Road No. 52. This private access road has beQn in existence since the 1870's, and has been in continuous use by the present owners, or their representatives and employees, since 1958, From its junction with County Road No. 52, which is on the Wynona lode claim, this access road passes over the Hazel A., Trumbo, Yacolo, Hercules, White Cloud, John G., Who Do, Columbus, and Donald R. lode claims to reach the Who Do mine site. All of these claims have been owned by the Steen family, in one legal entity or another, since 1958. The reactivation of these underground gold-silver telluride mines, and the construction of our mill, has been planned as a phased operation based upon the production of 50 tons of ore per day. Following the construction of our mill, and before the depletion of the ore reserves at the Cash mine, rehabili- tation and exploration work will commence at the Who Do and Bellevue mines. The Hazel A. mine will be reopened to explore the nearby White Cloud and Wynona mines depending upon the results of the underground exploration in the Who Do and Bellevue mines. At the same time, the existing mine dumps on the above listed claims will be reworked if the price of precious metals justifies this activity. The combined operation of all of these mines, and the existing Cash mine operation, is not erpected to exceed 15,000 tons per year, or to disturb in excess of 7 acres of land surface. The proposed mill will be a conventional gravity, concentration, and flotation mill, that will be used exclusively to process ore from our properties. The mil'_ will not accept or process third-party or custom ore. All of the county, state, and federal departments and agencies involved in mine permitting and in monitoring mining opera- tions will be contacted and notified of our plans in the proper manner and sequence. In order to begin the permitting process for. these properties, we are now requesting that the Boulder County Planning Department reply by letter if these mines and the proposed millsite are located in a Forestry Zoning District, which recognizes underground mining as a use by right.