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Ll <br />0 <br />S O <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />_ <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 <br />Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Deriver, CO 80203 <br />8 <br />303 866 -3567 <br />FAX: 303 832.8106 <br />'rags` <br />Ray Romer. <br />Governor <br />November 25, 1991 <br />Fred R. Banta. <br />Division Director <br />Hubert And Ingrid Vangessner <br />6820 Millbrook Cr. <br />Fountain, CO 80817 <br />RE: Poverty Gulch Project <br />Dear Mr. And Mrs. Vangessner: <br />This letter is in regards to an inactive mine reclamation project being <br />proposed by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, Inactive Mine <br />Reclamation Program. The purpose of the program is to safeguard hazardous <br />openings associated with abandoned or inactive mines. During the years of <br />1955 through 1989, accidents around inactive mines claimed 16 lives and <br />resulted in 21 injuries in Colorado. Since 1980 the Colorado Inactive Mine <br />Reclamation Program has completed over 250 inactive mine reclamation projects <br />throughout the state. An abandoned mine safety and awareness education <br />program has also been initiated. <br />We have identified a hazardous mine feature located on your property in Teller <br />County, Colorado. The program selects the mine sites based on their degree of <br />danger and their accessibility. The proposed reclamation is outlined in the <br />attached project narrative and the location of the opening is shown on the map. <br />The money for this work comes from fees paid by current coal mine operations. <br />These fees are placed in a trust fund by the federal Office of Surface Mining <br />and 50 percent can be returned to the state for reclamation purposes. The <br />project work that we are proposing will be paid for out of this fund. <br />I have enclosed a "Consent for Right of Entry for Reclamation Activities" form <br />which we will need to have signed before we undertake any project work. The <br />form grants permission to the State of Colorado and contractors to enter your <br />land to safeguard the mine opening. Please sign the form and return it to me <br />as soon as possible so that we can include this site in the proposed project. <br />Please call either me or Jim McArdle at (303) 866 -3567 if you have any <br />questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />Julie Lake Annear <br />Realty Specialist <br />Enclosures <br />4987G <br />