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Dan Collins, Co-Trustee, Deep Creek Placer <br />1417 S. Crrandview Dr. <br />Tempe, AZ 8528 i <br />Sept. i, 2007 <br />Division ofMinerals and Geology ~'D~v • u< RCC/R~'h4*+a/+, M.~~vea , { Sa~c~, <br />1313 Sherman St.. Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Annual Report: Deep Creek Placer (Permit No. M-1986-102) <br />Dear Sir or Madam: Please accept this Annual Report on the "Deep Creek Placer," a <br />temporarily inactive limestone mine 7 miles west of Telluride, Colorado at the <br />confluence of Deep Creek and the San Miguel river. <br />--No mining has taken place in the yeaz Sept. 1, 2006 -present <br />--Portals to the mine have been checked and they aze secure <br />--Equipment room entrance locked and secured. <br />--Routine maintenance of access road carried out, summer 2007 <br />--Annual maintenance of stotmwater "ponds" along access road for capturing runoff has <br />been tamed out. <br />--Access road gate is secure and locked <br />--Bond continues to be sufficient for reclamation (if necessary) of mine site. <br />--See enclosed map of permitted azea. <br />--No disturbances to the surrounding land or the mine itself are anticipated. <br />--Regular maintenance of roads, equipment apron, portals, and stotmwatet ponds will be <br />conducted by myself over the course of the coming yeaz. <br />The mine is part of a property owned by the Collins Living Trust. I am co-trustee of the <br />Trust along with my two sisters, Jean Collins Norris (Chatham, Massachusetts) and Lois <br />Morehead (Chico, California). Out mother, Kathryn O. Collins, passed away January 10, <br />2004. <br />While there are on-going discussions in the family regazding future uses of the mine, the <br />cost of fuel and other factors such as the demand for limestone in the marketplace make it <br />difficult to predict what the future holds for the property. We are requesfing that the <br />mine continue as an "inactive" but permitted entity during the coming year. <br />Res ectfully submitted, <br />~/~-^--- <br />an Collins <br />Cell: 480-206-2037 <br />Email: dan.collins@asu.edu <br />