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<br /> <br /> <br />appropriate grasses and plants. It is our feeling that this would be the best <br />method to fully comply with the guidelines of the Soil Conservation Service. <br />6. In response to your question regarding the milling process, I would <br />inform you that we plan to wet screening in a wet gravity concentration. <br />7. In response to your question regarding the scheduling of the mining <br />we would again refer you to the new map provided, which has labeled the stages <br />as Phase I and the more solid materials as Phase 2. As we discussed on the phone, <br />we do not have a definite date when mining would terminate, it would simply be <br />for the life of the mine. The date of completion is indefinite at this time. <br />8. In response to your question regarding water for the placer <br />opertion we would inform you that the source for the water are springs and <br />natural runoff. The appropriate springs are being filed on at this time and <br />will be ajudicated in the name of Blue Jet Mining, Inc. The water is to be <br />contained in a pond which has an earth and rock dam and a shield of bentonite. <br />We will pump needed water from the pond up through the mining operation and it <br />will drain back into the pond and be used over and over again with no discharge <br />into any other water sources of any kind. <br />9. In response to your request regarding whether or not adjacent <br />land owners are touching the borders of the mining operation, we would inform <br />you that the B.L.M. is the only land owner that directly touches the borders <br />of the mining operation. The property owned by Bob Arambell does not border <br />on the mining operation itself. I am also enclosing the Affidavit of Publication <br />from the Daily Press which shows the date the public notice was published. I am <br />including receipt for certified mail IIP23 024689 showing letter was sent to Bob <br />Arambell, 221 Aspen Way, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901 on April 22, 1980. I am <br />also enclosing receipt for certified mail IfP23 024688 showing letter addressed <br />to Bureau of Land Management, 455 Emerson, Craig, Colorado 81625 mailed on April <br />22, 1980. This indicates that the notices were sent to each of these parties. <br />10. In response to your statement that big sagebrush seed need not be <br />added to the seed mix as recommended by the District Wildlife Pianager, we <br />acknowledge that and will comply with your desires. <br />II. We believe that we have responded above to your requests for <br />S.C.S. mulching, planting, seed mixture and acknowledge that it will be followed <br />and we feel that we have responded to your request for additional information on <br />water useage. We also feel confident that the cross-sections showing the terracing <br />and final sloping should be adequate in that regard. <br />If I can be of any further assistance to you please let me know. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />JDO/co <br />"~/ I ~i~Q <br />James D. Osborne <br />Attorney for Blue Jet Mining, Inc. <br />-2- <br />