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<br />MANGOS TROUT FARMS <br />Bill 6 Carrie Baikie <br />Mancos, Colorado 81328 <br />(303) 533-7980 <br />December 6, 1994 <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Co. 80203 <br />RECE11/E17 <br />dFc~ ~ 2 ~ss4 <br />Division of munerais ~ e;eoio9y. <br />Re: Orion pit Application (Sand and Gravel), T35N, R14W, Sec. 1,2 <br />To Whom it May Concern: <br />We oppose the Orion pit application due to several reasons. First, <br />over the past 3 years we have raised rainbow trout with tremendous <br />results. Our success is due mainly to a flow of spring water which <br />surfaces on our property. Our property has two ponds bordering the <br />Mancos River on the South. The spring water passes thru four <br />earthen raceways for raising trout then enters the upper pond, <br />which is approximately one acre in size. The water then spills <br />directly into the lower pond which is about one half of an acre. <br />Surface tailwater is diverted "from the spring water" at three <br />different locations, water quality in the fishery is of great <br />importance. <br />The spring water never exceeds <br />flow during the winter months <br />gallons per minute), to over 1 <br />the summer. Although this is ni <br />facility, once complete we will <br />annually. <br />60 degrees nor goes below 40. The <br />is around 6/lOths of a foot(270 <br />c.f.s. (around 500 g.p.m.) during <br />it much water for a major grow out <br />produce 7 to 10,000 pounds of fish <br />This facility was originally built in the 1940's, to the best of my <br />knowledge, the ponds, raceways, and drainage diversions are in the <br />same locations as they were previously. Next year, we plan on <br />constructing a hatch house on an isolated spring which produces 30 <br />4Pm• <br />We are concerned about future plans and even the ability of raising <br />fish when it is unknown whether or not the water will be diverted <br />or contaminated. <br />Not only are we concerned about ground water, but flood and spring <br />run-off as well. Our property lays at the bottom of a drainage <br />which includes a large percentage of the proposed Orion pit. <br />00094 <br />