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are valid and CC&V has legal right to enter and mine/reclaim the two mining <br />claims for which CC&V is partial owner. <br />State Historic Preservation Officer ("SHPO") letters of May 7, 2008 and <br />June 3, 2008 <br />CC&V responded on May 29, 2008 to SHPO's initial letter and met with SHPO <br />representatives on June 30, 2008 to discuss SHPO's second letter as well as <br />historic preservation activities voluntarily being undertaken or previously <br />undertaken by CC&V on its privately owned lands. CC&V understands that <br />SHPO's interest is specific to the National Historic Landmark that appears to run <br />from peak to peak around Cripple Creek but includes lands owned by CC&V for <br />which CC&V never consented to inclusion in the National Historic Landmark. <br />SHPO raised this same interest during pendency of CC&V's Amendment No. 7 <br />and Amendment No. 8 permit applications; CC&V successfully explained at <br />those times that the proposed mining activities were a continuation of the <br />surface mining activities conducted by CC&V that pre-dated the National Historic <br />Landmark being proposed. The mining proposed by CC&V under the MLE <br />Amendment No. 9 permit application is a further continuation of those surface <br />mining activities. CC&V relies upon prior discussions and approvals of <br />Amendment No. 7 and Amendment No. 8 without SHPO disagreement as basis <br />for resolution of SHPO's interest. <br />Wilcox letter of June 15, 2008 <br />Etters letter received May 9, 2008 <br />Allen letter of June 5, 2008 <br />Houston letter of June 12, 2008 <br />CC&V is very appreciative of the letters of support for the Amendment No. 9 <br />MLE permit application. <br />Harris letter of June 10, 2008 <br />Ms. Harris raises various matters, some of which are outside of the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act. CC&V addresses below two matters that appear to be within <br />the jurisdiction of the Mined Land Reclamation Act. CC&V also briefly touches <br />on a topic not within the jurisdiction of the Mined Land Reclamation Act but <br />raised by Ms. Harris and others. Specifically, CC&V hired a reputable <br />independent third party to assess property value; that third party concluded that <br />CC&V's operation actually supports higher property values and that negative <br />property values would occur if CC&V shut down its operations. The executive <br />summary of this report is found on CC&V's website <br />(http://www.ccvgoldmining.comn at Mine Extension - Land Values in Cripple <br />Creek. <br />Ms. Harris raised reclamation by CC&V. CC&V conducts contemporaneous <br />reclamation and is quite proud of the reclamation accomplished in the Cripple <br />Creek Mining District. For example, CC&V was recognized in 2007 by the State <br />of Colorado for its voluntary efforts in reclaiming the Independence Mill Tailings