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-TV-S s <br />XYZ Ranches <br />Gordon Smith <br />P.O. Box 667 <br />Nucla, Colorado 81424 ( <br />December, 28 2007 <br /> AM 0 3 <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety pia; , ;„z -,? acv <br />1313 Sherman Street Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Technical Revision to the New Horizon Mine permit no. C-81-008 by Western <br />Fuels-Colorado (WFC) in Nucla, Colorado. <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />I am writing this letter as a formal protest to the application for a Technical <br />Revision to the New Horizon Mine Permit No. C-81-008 Section 2.05.4(2)e. This <br />Technical revision covers the change in Success Standards in Irrigated pasture from a <br />standard to a reference area. <br />I, along with numerous others whose livelihoods include ranching, feel that these <br />revisions will severely affect our income and way of life. We have done business with <br />the Morgan Ranch for 25 years, and over that span of time, have purchased many <br />hundreds of tons of alfalfa hay. They have proved time and again to be a reliable source <br />of hay for our cattle every winter. <br />The forage they provide us with is very high in protein, and is some of the only <br />straight alfalfa that I know of in the area. As you may have noticed, hay is becoming <br />harder and harder to come buy at a decent price in this area. In fact, we can't seem to <br />find enough, and consequentially end up paying to have it shipped in from out of state. <br />By revising the New Horizon Mine permit you are not only affecting all the <br />property owners involved-but in fact the whole valley and anyone who has relied upon <br />this source of hay in previous years. <br />Sincerely, ? <br />/' d,? a - 4A:io/f <br />Gordon Smith