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/1-1 fff3 --176 Vee : C°,"'0/ f'a; k t April 20, 2009 Gordon's Stout LLC 12070 Brighton Road P.O. Box 705 Henderson, Colorado 80640 303-929-5123 Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety David Bird 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Mr. Bird: On Wednesday April V, I was out of town and received a call from my neighbor, Kirk Kirby. He advised me that while a meter was being checked in an underground water vault located at my place of business they found that the vault was flooded and that the pressure system tanks were broken free and floating at the top of the vault. I contracted Mr. Kirby's services to start pumping water out of the vault immediately. I was quite concerned that the electrical panels for the pumping systems for the water wells would short out. Mr. Kirby temporarily repaired the pressure tanks and was able to restore service to one of my wells but did not want to restore the second until the control panels had dried out. The repairs that currently have been done are temporary. I can't accomplish final repairs until the source of this water is determined. Upon my return on April 3`d I found that the floor in the S.E. corner of my shop had heaved and forced one door to jam. I assume that this was caused by the water table rising. Since Mr. Kirby has been pumping water from his well and basement my door is able to function again. I believe that the ground water being backed up is due to the inappropriate materials used in backfill of a gravel pit located at 12021 Brighton Road. It is my understanding that this pit is operated by Asphalt Specialties under permit M-83-176 and named Speer Mining Resource pit. I worked for Speer Flying Service , the previous owner of this property in the late 70's and recall that where the pit is now located, in the flood plain, there were underground streams.