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CFdI STEEL CORI'ORATIOS <br />A SU~SID 4R~ OI CFANL CO. <br />P, O. !Ox ]16, PU CBLO, COLO. 81002 <br />RALPH W. AD KINS <br />DIRECIO R, WATER OVERATION$ <br />October 9, 1979 <br />Mr. Ken Churches, President <br />Ravenwood Coal Company <br />6954 Webster <br />Arvada, Colorado 80003 <br />Dear Mr. Churches: <br />- w-~- _ <br />On June 8,.1979, Ravenwood Coal Company (Ravenwood) entered into an agree- <br />ment with CF&I Steel Corporation (CF&I) for the surface mining of coal on Corpo- <br />ration property identified as 140 acres in the SW~ Section 19, Township 29 South, <br />Range 65 West, and 320 acres in the E~ Section 24, Township 29 South, Range 66 <br />West, 6th Principal Lieridian, Huerfano County, Colorado. <br />In the operations under this agreement, a quantity of water will be needed. <br />CF&I has two decreed wells which it is willing to allow Ravenwood to use, These <br />wells are identified as Well Nos, 11 and 12 in that certain decree granted in <br />Water Case No, W-2113, and further identified as State Engineers Registration <br />Nos. 16318 and 16319, respectively. It is understood that the water is to be <br />used in the mining operation for dust suppression, Should the water be used for <br />other purposes, such, as showers, Ravenwood will first submit a certification <br />from the Colorado State Health Department, or its authorized representative, <br />that the water is safe for such use. <br />In addition to the lands covered by the above-referenced agreement, Raven- <br />wood presently is leasing adjacent property for coal mining purposes and needs <br />water for its operations thereon. Those non-CF&I lands are described as: WNW} <br />Section 19, Township 29 Sovth, Range 65 West; WSW} Section 18, Township 29 South, <br />Range 65 West; and E~SE~ Section 13, Township 29 South, Range 66 West. <br />By this letter, CF&I ants Ravenwood rmission to use water from these <br />two wells for those purposes necessary in carrying on a mining operations <br />under the agreement dated June 8, 1979, and on the adjacent property described <br />above. Ravenwood shall be responsible for all work and material necessary to <br />make the water available to its operations. In using water from these two <br />sources, it is understood that all operations relating thereto, when done on <br />CF&I or non-CF&I property, such operations shall be covered by the indemnifi- <br />cation provisions of the June 8, 1979 agreement, and such provisions are incor- <br />porated herein by reference. <br /> <br />I~ 37 <br />