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l R4 <br />• ~ - <br />v <br />~ ,~, r <br />'~~ <br />+T.fnti ~~r <br />Mr. Curt Sealy, Manager <br />Umetco Minerals Corporation <br />P.O. Box 1029 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81502 <br />U.S. Department of Energy <br />GrandJunctionOffice <br />2597 B?~<Road <br />Grand Junction, CO 81503 <br />AUG P 0 1998 <br />DENVER OFFICE <br />PUBLIC FILE COPY <br />FILE: M- ~~- 2 97 <br />SITE: aarros M~ rye <br />iiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiii <br />Received <br />AUG 2 4 1998 <br />tea' ~~ne ~~3 C'Bp ~vY <br />Subject: Reclamation of Burro Tunnel Site, DOE Lease Tract C-SR- <br />Reference: GEMI Letter to Tony Bates dated Iv1ay 29, 1998 <br />Dear Mr. Sealy: <br />FECEIVED <br />AUG .: 6 1998 <br />DIV. OF MINERALS <br />8 GEOLOGY <br />[n response to the referenced letter, Mr. Tony Bates of your staff recently informed this office <br />that Umetco Minerals Corporation (Umetco) intends to proceed with the full reclamation of the <br />Burro Mine Complex, including the Burro Tunnel, located at Slick Rock, Colorado. T'he Burro <br />Tunnel portal and approximately 850 feet of drifr is located on U.S. Department of Ern.rgy <br />(DOE) Mining Lease No. AT(OS-1 }-ML-60.8-C-SR-13 and has been used in the pa:,t to access <br />lease tract ore reserves located in the northern portion of the lease tract. <br />In the referenced letter, Gold Eagle Mining, Inc. (GEM[), current leaseholder for C-Slt-13, <br />expressed an interest in negotiating with Umetco for the rights to reopen and utilize th~^ Burro <br />Tunnel site for continued access to additional lease tract ore reserves in the area. Having been <br />declined by Umetco, GEM[ requested that DOE intervene on its behalf to preserve the Burro <br />Tunnel for future use. <br />The quit claim deed that transferred title of the surface rights to 160 acres of land located within <br />Lease Tract C-SR-13, from the United States of America to Union Carbide Corporati~>n, stated <br />in part that: <br />"All minerals and mineral rights are excepted and resen•ed to the United States <br />together with reservation of right to use ofso much of the surface as may be required <br />for the conduct of mineral development and mining operations. " <br />On the basis of this statement, DOE, on behalf of the United States of America, herein declares <br />and makes known its excepted right to utilize the Burro Tunnel site as the most practicable <br />access to lease tract ore reserves located in the norther portion of Lease Tract C-SR-I.i. <br />Accordingly, Umetco is hereby directed to take the following actions with regard to it:• <br />reclamation of the Burro Mine Complex. <br />