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g.oL. H~1•lzills l;o. 39 Wild Rose Dave EC~~oo 1/i~, Colol-ado 81212 dune 28, 2005 Mr. Glean R Eller, Sr. 3601 County Road 19 Florence, Colorado 81226 Ihar Mr. Eller. At your request, I visited a property that you own along County Road 19 southeast of Flor+~e, Colorado, to examine several gravel exploration pits that had been dug there. I made the trip on April• 14, 2005, several days after the pits were dug. The parcel of land is located in Section 2, Township 20 South, Range 69 West, Fremom County, Colorado. The attached serial plmto, map and digital photos show the location of the property, the pits aad the material that was excavated from theta The pits were dug initially with arubber-tined backhoe, and then deepened with a larger trackhoe The depth of l~ excavations combined wiHr the spacing across the properly allow for a reasonable sub-sruface evaluation of the graveUcobble zone. A brief descripticm of the pits and the litlmlogy of the material follows: p • Pft 1: to ~, goadrant of area; depth to water approximately 13 fee>y 84~` '_~ ' indres of uceo~olidated material above graveUcobble zone-0omposed of 32 inches of A horizon soil a~ 52 inr.}res of ~ subsoil; gravel/cobble zone cwt and evenly disdn'buted fi»m bottom of subsoil layer to water level; top is ~ l ~ _, sine of meieaial approximately 12 inches; some iron stain in material. -' • Pit 2: in southvvesfi~a quadrant of area; depth to water approximately 14 feet in tnm~; $3 inclu;s of umwnsofidatect material above main graveUcobble zone- composed of 16 inches of A hodaoan soil, 20 inches of clay subsoil, 12 inches of a _ ~ ~ `' gravel ride seam, and 35 inc.Ires of sandy material; remainder of material evenly distributed gravel and cobble, top size generally l2 inches, with slightly more fices than pit 1. • Pit 3: In east-cee~hal portion of area; depth to watea approximately 13 feet in trench; 12 inches of A horizon soil, then transitions directly to graveUcobble zoce; localised pocket of sandy material oa east side of trench; graveUcobbte size r distribution consistent with other pits.