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sti~ • III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ~'t' STAT~OF COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION DF ~~< Department of Natural Resources o ~._ rr r°_y,n go 1313 Sherman St.. Room 27 5 N ~ {-~ 0 ,~\~ ~ ~~ , Denver. CO 80203 . ~~~~JJJJ. . 303 866-3567 • ra~b Fn x: 303 8328106 Roy Romer. Gavemor Micnael B. Long, Division Deeetor Mdy 19, 1992 Dr. W.D. Corley The Corley Company P.O. Box 1821 Colorado Springs, CO 80901 Re: Citizen Complaint of April 25, 1992, G.E.C. Mine, File C-81-037 Dear Dr. Corley: The Division has completed its research on the drill hole referenced in your letter of April 25, 1992. Mr. Glenn Miller, a consulting geologist in Fremont County, reviewed for us certain drill hole logs in his possession. According to Mr. Miller, Sheridan Enterprises performed exploration drilling at the Newlin Creek Mine in 1978. Sheridan Enterprises in 1978 had an option to purchase the Newlin Creek Mine from Newlin Creek Coal Company. After completing the drilling, the company apparently chose to not exercise their option. Mr. Joseph Carpine, an owner of the Newlin Creek Coal Corporation, corroborated this information during a phone conversation on May 15, 1992. Sheridan Enterprises identified its exploration drill holes with the abbreviation NC. The locations of these sites are identified on maps located in Section 2.04.6 of the Newlin Creek Mine permit application. The drill hole you have referenced, located west of the West Pit, is identified as NC-7 and is shown by the maps to fall within the Newlin Creek Mine permit area. Your letter of April 25th indicated that Mr. David Neslin, attorney for Harrison-Western, had testified before the Minea Land Reclamation Board that Harrison-Western had drilled hole NC-7. I listened to the tapes from both the March 1992 and April 1992 Board meetings. During the March 1992 Board meeting, Mr. Neslin indicated that Harrison-Western had reviewed their files and were unable to find any aocumentation that they had drilled the hole, but that did not completely rule out the possibility that they had done so. During the April 1992 Board hearing, Mr. Neslin showed a transparency of the West Pit and pointed out the location of the drill hole. He did not testify that Harrison-Western drilled the hole. The Division finds that Harrison-Western was not responsible for coal exploration at the drill site west of the West Pit known as NC-7. Therefore, the Division will not proceed with enforcement actions against Harrison- Western on this issue. We are tontinuing our investigation regarding the