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RECEIVED <br />~~- > > zoos <br />L.L. Harkins Co. Division of Reclamation, <br />39 Wild Rose Drive Mining and Safety <br />Canon City, Colorado 81212 <br />June 28, 2005 <br />Mr. Glenn R. Eller, Sr. <br />3601 County Road 19 <br />Florence, Colorado 81226 <br />Dear Mr. Eller. <br />At your request, I visited a property that you own along County Road 19 southeast of <br />Florence, Colorado, to examine several gravel exploration pits that had been dug there. I <br />made the trip on April• 14, 2005, several days after the pits were dug. The parcel of tend <br />is located in Section 2, Township 20 South, Range 69 West, Fremont County, Colorado. <br />The attached serial photo, map and digital photos show the location of the property, the <br />pits and the material that was excavated from them. <br />The pits were dug initially with a rabbets tired backhoe, and then deepened with a larger <br />trackhoe. The depth of the excavaticros combined with the spacing across the property <br />allow for a reasonable sub-sruface evaluation of the graveUcwbble wne. A brief (~ <br />destaiption of Y}~ pits and the lithology of the material follows: ~ <br />. • Pit !: In southeastean quadrant of aces; depth io water appmximately 13 feet; 84 ., ~ `) ., <br />~~ inures of uncaffio&dated material above graveVcobble zone-cotposed of 32 '` T- } '. <br />i of A borizon soil anc152 inches of clay subsoil; gcavellcobble zone - ' <br />aoasistent a~ evenly distributcd from bottom of subsoil layer to water level; top ~ l'~7 <br />~~ size of material approximately 12 inch; some iron stain in material. , <br />• Pit 2: In southvvestetn quadrant of area; depth to water approximately 14 feet in ~ 7 <br />1 ~ ~' trench; 83 inches of uncortigotidated material above main gravel/cobble zone- ~- <br />composed of 16 inches of A horizon soil, 20 inches of clay subsoil, 12 inches of a -"~ I ~ <br />gravel rider seam, and 35 inches of sandy material; remainder of material evenly ~ , ~ <br />distributed gravel and cobble, top size generglly l2 inches, with slightly more <br />fines than pit 1. <br />• Pit 3: In east-central potiion of arp; depth to water approximately 13 feet in _~ <br />~ r trench; l2 inches of A horizon soil, then transitions directly to graveVcabbie zone; <br />localized pocket of sandy material on east side of trench; graveUcobble size ~ <br />distribution consistent with other pits. -' <br />