PERMFILE102038

• Permit No: M1999050
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/27/1999
• Doc Name: CONNELL RESOURCES INC TIMNATH CONNELL PIT APPLICATION M-99-050 ADEQUACY RESPONSE
• From: TUTTLE APPLEGATE INC
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Consultants for land, Mineral and Water Development
RECEIVED
August 26, 1999 i2~0 Q~ AUG 27 1998
1 Division of MineraE, & Geology
Mc Gregg Squire
Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman Street Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
RE: Connell Resources, Inc.; Timnath Connell Pit Application; M-99-050; Adequacy Response
Dear Mr. Squire,
On behalf of our clients, Connell Resources, Inc, we are submitting the following response to
your adequacy review of the above mentioned permit application. The following information
and comnments are addressed in the same order as your adequacy review.
1) Attached is a plan for the construction of groundwater collection trenches and recharge
ponds. This plan has been reviewed with Mr. John Andrew, the water engineer working
for Mr. Louis Swift. Mr. Andrew has indicated that the plan is acceptable [o him. ry~ (~ n3
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2) The applicant will not cause mining disturbances closer to the Box Elder Ditch than 200
feet until a demonstration of the stability of the ditch banks is subnmitted to the Division.
Such stability demmonstration in included with the attached slope stability analysis. The o%
applicant will not relocate the ditch until tlme plans for such are approved by the ditch
company and those plans are submitted to the Division along with proof of the ditch
company's approval.
3) The applicant will not expose groundwater until a Substitute Water Supply Plan is k
approved by the Office of the State Engineer. An application has been submitted to the s
OSE For review and approval. Proof of suclm approval will be subnmitted to the Division.
4) The fence lines on the property are owned by the property owner. Since Connell has an p/~
option to purchase the property after all permits are received, the fences will belong to
Connell during the mining of the property. The attached slope stability analysis gives
information on the fences, roadways and irrigation ditches and indicates that the
structures will not be danmaged by the mining operation.
11990 Grant Street, Suite 304 • Denver, Colorado 80233 • [phone] • Fax [phone]