1994-09-28_REPORT - M1977448

• Permit No: M1977448
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 9/28/1994
• Doc Name: INVOICE
• From: CARHART FEED & SEED INC
• To: B MINING CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

BLMiUSFS ID :700-322-7261 SEP 28 '94 13 :23 No .004 P .09
have been received for the Lion Canyon mines.
Sal Venticinque's (BLN Grand RA, Utah) records show Doug Cleghorn filed a 1990
NOI which specifies Lion Canyon Road in maintained by Montrose County.
09/16/94 I called county road foramen Dirk Richard to ask if Montrose County has
Lion Canyon Road on their maintenance schedule. He said that it was not; nothing
in his records indicated the road had been abandoned and turned back to BLM.
0/19/94 A Mine Safety and Health Administration's Grand Junction, contact said
that when are was being taken froo the mines the road did not meet MSHA standards
and thought St. Patrick's operator, Cecil Bunker was asked to constructed safety
cables and bermed the edge of the county road. They have authority only with
productive mines; and would be involved in road safety issue if the Bkock/Blue
Cap mine were to continue with underground mining activity.
Talked to Jim Griendle (9/19/9W) of San Miguel Power and he said that he
remembered the road historically being maintained by Montrose County. The power
to the mines was supplied by San Miguel, The power poke and transformers are
still present at the Utah mines (T 28S., R 263, Sections 28 and 29), and if the
Black Hat/Blue Cap mines were abandoned, then the power would utilise Lion Canyon
access road to transport their pales and transformers.
Saint Patrick mine owner, Mika Moore, (303)-864-7814) returned my cull on
September 19th and told me that ho had tried to take his loader in to the mine
thin spring as he intended to do some additional stabilization work and wanted
to check on his seedling survival. He was unable to negotiate the road and had
to cons back down. He said that Doug Cleghorn (303) 243-0396 was no longer the
operator of the Black Hat/Blue Cap and the mines along the West aide of Lion
Creek had gone back to their Salt Lake City owners.
Moore stated that he was responsible for his spur road and permitted area only.
He had no joint maintenance responsibility for Lion Canyon Road. In regards to
the mine reclamation, Moore recognized that although he did what he thought would
be adequate storm water retention and diversion, the storm events had created
unexpected erosion. I understool that he had also walked into the mine site.
He was planning to call CMLRD to talk to Tom Schreiner about his permitted area
and the situation with the Lion Canyon roadway. Moore feels that it is not his
responsibility to repair the county road, and the fact that it is not drivable
is restricting his ability to readdress his mine reclamation project.
Moore recalled there was a water right on the spring went of his spur road and
the spring often had to be maintained to keep it flowing. He wasn't sure who had
done the maintenance. The epring'a pond overflow is primarily diverted under Lion
Crook road through a 18" culvert. Water that is on the low edge of the pond is
flowing down the road's barrow ditch, combining with waters from the St. Patrick
Mine road, crossing the surface of the road and discharging over the bank about
10, east of the culvert outfall.
John Davis and I checked water-right records at the District office, followed by
search with Colorado Water Resou[ces Division. Local records didn't pinpoint a
anything on the spring location.
I talked to Doug Cleghorn, 621 26 Road Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 (303)-243-
0396. He said he had not been to the mine for several yearai the current owner
of Black Hat/Blue cap is Keith Cannon. Mr. Cleghorn verified that while other
road do exist that come "over the top" down to the mines, Lion Canyon road to the
only feasible route. Several people I've talked to agreed that the roads were
washed out or blocked by boulders. The consensus of opinion in Lion Canyon is
the practical and historic accesa to the mines and was once county maintained.
09/20/94 Called Division of Oil, Gas and Mining (801)-538-5340. Janell Burns
said 5-037-066 "Black Hat, Blue Cap" were purchased by Keith Cannon in 1992. His
address is Lady Ann Company, 832 Northeiffe Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
[phone]. Annual reports of "no activity" were filed in 1991 and 1992 by
Keith Cannon. Their records showing transfer of owner ship is incomplete and
1993 annual activity report hasn't been received.
Wrote a letter to Montrose County Commissioner, Mel Statt, requesting emergency
repair of the road by the county.
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