PERMFILE133318

• Permit No: M1997086
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/26/1999
• From: KIMOCHI INC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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KIMOCHI, INCORPORATED
the area in question, the land owners only have surface rights. If a
private company is allowed the use of the state of Colorado s mineral
rights to mine on private land with land owners only having surface
rights, does the private company have to meet the requirements of the
state s archaeological laws? Because the state of Colorado is allowing a
private company the use of Colorado's mineral rights, the state becomes an
activity partner in the destruction of historical, prehistorical and
archaeological resources. This is a serious legal question that must be
answered before mining can proceed.
With the continued development of natural environments along the front
range, archaeological sites are being destroyed. This is becoming an
archaeological crisis in the state of Colorado. In the future with
adequate management, envirorunents may be restored However,
archaeological sites once destroyed can never be replaced. Without
study of archaeological sites, we will have a gap within the area's past
leaving us in the possession of an incomplete history. And, this would be
a sin.
Sincerely,
,~C.
Post Office Box 316
Boulder, Colorado 80306
[phone]
(Fax) 494-9542
Charles Cambridge, Ph.D.
ArchaeologistlAnthropologist