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<br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />15 December 1978 <br />Page -,~ - <br /> <br />Second. I return to your office photo maps of <br />Ritter Arroyo which I originally sent to you. <br />Only the top one is marked so that you can look <br />at the un-marked map to see what has always been <br />there for you to see. We have concluded that <br />the person who has been in charge of this file <br />has absolutely no knowledge of aerial maps. It <br />has to be that way. <br />Number 1 is obviously a road, a highway. Please <br />note that on the right edge of the map there is <br />an arrow pointing east and the legend "Walsenburg <br />6 mi". Pdo 6, the parellel lines mean "unimproved <br />road" Number 3 clearly indicates in printing <br />"Gravel Pit" The area encircled in red show the <br />site of the gravel operation AND the sand removal. <br />You will also observe the printed words "SAND ARROYO' <br />and I wish you to examine carefully the white stretch <br />showing the arroyo AND THE LENGTH., on this map. The <br />arroyo actually is thirteen or fourteen miles long. <br />The number 2 is placed arbitraily to show countour <br />lines. The 5s, show elevations namely 6700 and <br />6500. Number 7 points out Section 28. As you lciow <br />a Section is a square with outside dimension of one <br />mile each. This clearly indicates that in approxi- <br />mately one mile and a half, there is a drop in ele- <br />vation of 200 feet. Please note other elevations <br />on the north of the arroyo which will, or should, <br />tell you something about the terrain. How about <br />numbear 4. Trees. <br />as for captioned Sand Arroyo Pit. <br />I. Mining Plan. I do not believe I said 10%. If <br />I did this would be 10/1, and most certainly not <br />20/1. See topo aierial map. <br />II. Reclamation Plan. Have preiously explained <br />that no vegation can exist on Sand Arroyo. The <br />report from Soil Conservation tells you this. In <br />the area of the gravel pit Conservation Service <br />ma~ntions that grass may not grow but could be <br />tried a second time. <br />As for B, since the winds are ever shifting, and <br />the arroyo is so long, one just could not prevent <br />san from blowing on to seeded lands. See topo <br />again. The arroyo is so deep, that sand would <br />never wash in. Much of the water flows under the <br />sand, and the level of the sand, the depth, is more <br />than fifty feet. I was present when drilling done. <br />~~iehs~~dt8~~ ~~~tla~el~~~~a~~gee times about how <br />