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Boulder <br />County <br />Land Use <br />Courthouse Annex • 204513th Street • Boulder, Colorado 80302 • Tel: 303.441.3930 Fax: 303:441.4856 <br />Mailing Address: P.O. Box 471 Boulder. Colorado 80306 • www.bouidercounty.org <br />March 4, 2009 <br />Ron Cattany, Director <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Rm. 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />It has come to our attention the owners of the Goid Hill Mill have requested a technical <br />their permit #-1994-117. As I understand the request the tech revision to <br />nical revision is to include material <br />from the Cross mine in the Gold Hill Mill process stream. The importation of this material from <br />another mine for processing at the Gold Hill Mill appears to violate Boulder County's Zoning <br />regulations and past decisions approving both this facility along with,the Cross Mine site. <br />-by <br />-= The "mill was recogriiied - the County to process materials from claims associated and listed with <br />i the building permit issued for the mill in 1985 and letters from Mark Steen dated November 1, 1984, <br />and July 30, 1985. This area was the area immediately adjacent to the facility and does not include <br />the Cross Mine site, which is over 10 miles away. The Cross Mine recently went through-County <br />approval process (SU-08-006 Calais Cross Mine Expansion) <br />another site was not approved or considered during tevi`,y and the exportation of materials to <br />The County's determination that the Gold Hill Mill could only process ore from these parcels was <br />upheld by the Boulder County Board of Adjustment (AP-94-13). The staff recommendation for the <br />Board references BP-94-1213, which contained stipulations: "To process minerals extracted from the <br />property only" and "Milling accessory to underground mining on the same property only - no custom <br />milling using imported ore." The. staff recommendation goes onto clarify that, `I In a most strict <br />application of the Zoning Resolution, the Gold Hill Mill would only be allowed to mill ore from the <br />property on which it is located: portions of the Oscar and Good Enough Lodes.... However, the <br />Zoning Administrator has made a more reasonable determination with respect to the location of <br />sources of ore. The sources for ore represented to the Land Use Department at the time the mill was <br />proposed were acceptable at the time, and are acceptable now. <br />The Board of Adjustment decision stated: "to verify compliance in this regard, we are requiring that <br />you, the owner of the property, provide copies of all documents submitted to the Division of Minerals <br />and Geology that disclose the location of the sources of all ore to be processed at the Gold Hill Mill. <br />This includes.any quantity for any purpose. To ensure that this information is provided in a 'timely <br />manner, we are requiring that you provide this documentation by the 10'h of each month for the . <br />preceding calendar month..." We have not received any materials from the owners of the Gold Hill <br />Mill regarding this revision request. . <br />Again the requested technical revision appears to be in violation of our local zoning regulations and <br />should not be approved. <br />Land Use Director <br />cc: Mount Royale Ventures <br />Calais Resources/Tom Hendricks <br />Cindy Domenico county commissioner <br />Ben Pearlman County Commissioner <br />RECEIVED <br />. MAR 1 1 Zuuy <br />Division or rceuamatwri, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Will Toor County Commissioner