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• t JACKSON COUNTY ROAD SUPERVISOR HAROLD S.GEER COUNTY OF JACKSON P O BOx 488 188 GRANT STREET W gLDEN, CO 60480 August 11, 2000 Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 (970) 7?3-4451 f~l~C~~B~9L~ AUG 9 4 2000 Division of Minerals and Geology RE: RILEY GRAVEL PIT, M-1978-266, ANNUAL REPORT Gentlemen: The County of Jackson, State of Colorado, operates [he Riley Pit sand and gravel extractive operation on the permitted acreage of 3.844 acres located on private lands in the NW'/a of Section 15, Township 7 NoRh, Range 78 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian. This construction materials operation is conducted under a lease agreement for the mining of sand and gravel that was executed by and between the private landowner, Rocky Mountain Ranch, LLC, and Jackson County. A total of twenty-four (24) yards of material was removed from the Riley Pit during 1999. The Riley Gravel Pit was inspected by Erica Crosby of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology on July 29, 1999. Ms. Crosby stated in her inspection report that "the pit extends nearly the entire fence line, depicting the lease boundary. Based on rough field measurements (pacing), the pit appears to be slightly larger than the approved 3.844 acres. The County stated that the affected area would be surveyed to determine the actual size of the pit. The operator agreed to inform the Division of the results of the survey. Depending on the results of the survey, afollow-up inspection may be required." On August 11, 1999, I informed the Division that the County was having the gravel pit re-surveyed and addressing the problems found when inspected on 7/29/99. Preliminary survey results indicated that the perimeter fence extended outside the permitted acreage and that there probably had been limited overburden removal outside the permitted acreage (SEE ENCLOSED SCHEMATIC CONTOUR MAP OF RILEY GRAVEL PIT). I contacted the ranch manager for the private landowner and asked if he would contact the owner to obtain his approval to expand the lease area so that Jackson County could then finalize the survey to get a new legal description of lands to include in the lease agreement and for filing a permit amendment to expand the permitted acreage. The private landowner approved an enlargement of the lease area, and we requested the surveyor to prepare a plat and legal descriptions that would give Jackson County options on the size of lease area and the area to be added into the permitted acreage through a permit amendment.