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1004/04 /06 08:48:24 <br />State of Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman St. room 215 <br />nenver CO 80203 <br />Gentle persons, <br />3039249341 <br />April 6, 20 <br />i am writing in regard to a Petition for Limited Mining filed by Joseph C <br />Harden on the Mountain Claim in C1ear~Creek County. I believe the date of <br />petition was Jan 27, 2004. I just learned of the petition from One of our <br />County Commissioners who was apparently informed by Your office. <br />I live leas than a mile away, and am a board member of the homeowners <br />association. i am writing own my own behalf, and not for the Hoard. t wool <br />like to come out strongly against this action for the following reasons: ~'~. <br />1.~ The Mountain Claim is located in York Gulch, a mountain residential <br />community. The area was clearly residential at the time Mr. Harden acqu~r <br />the property, and many more homes have been built nearby since he acqui e <br />the property. <br />2. The homes in the area are, for the most part, full time residences in t e <br />$300,000 plus category. They are not simple mining shacks. The area is <br />known as fork Gulch, and contains more than 100 homes. <br />3. with the exception of one "dabbler", no real mining has been done in th <br />Gulch for over 75 years. (And that very limited activity ceased over a <br />dozen years ago.) Al Mosche, owner of the Phoenix Mine, and nationally ~ <br />known mining engineer, evaluated the entire area for the then owners abpu <br />25 years ago. According to Mr. Mosche, the likelihood of finding gold i <br />the area was extremely remote, and he recommended that the owners sell ~h <br />land for residential property, which was done. <br />4. Mr. xarden's property is currently strewn with trash, and iS a fire haz r <br />to the residences on the road above it. we suspect that Mr. Harden is <br />'simply trying to avoid cleaning up the junk on his property by pretendipq <br />to "mine" there, t <br />Sinc~eyr~ely, <br />V" ~G~ /F//~ :/ <br />M~Ci HOWmaII <br />PO Box 1490 <br />Idaho Springs CO 80d52 <br />Pages:2/2 <br />